Business leaders arrive in Sun Valley, Idaho for the annual Allen & Co. conference. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
The annual Allen & Co. conference, dubbed the “summer camp for billionaires,” officially kicked off yesterday (July 11) in Sun Valley, Idaho. Dozens of CEOs, investors and industry leaders landed private jets at the nearby Friedman Memorial Airport and began checking in at the Sun Valley Lodge, a five-star mountain resort.
More than 40 attendees have been spotted outside the conference venue. Many were not on the guest list leaked last month, including Salesforce Marc Benioff, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and Comcast president Michael Cavanagh.
From today (July 12) through Friday (July 14), guests will attend or speak at a series of closed-door meetings and lectures and get a chance to meet with each other or talk business. The highly private annual gathering is known as a seedbed for mega business deals, such as Jeff Bezos’s purchase of the Washington Post and the $19 billion merger between Disney and ABC.
Who’s been seen at this year’s Sun Valley so far
Media and Entertainment Executives
Michael Cavanagh, President of Comcast. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesSteven Swartz, president and CEO of Hearst. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesBob Iger (L), CEO of Disney, film producer Brian Grazer (R) and his wife, Veronica Smiley (C). Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesCasey Wasserman, Chair of the Wasserman Media Group. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesDavid Zaslav (R), CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, and Brian Grazer. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesBobby Kotick, CEO of Activision. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesKen Lowe, chairman of the board, president and CEO of Scripps Networks Interactive. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesShari Ellin Redstone, non-executive chairwoman of Paramount Global and President of National Amusements. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesMichael Bloomberg, CEO of Bloomberg L.P. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesAnthony Wood, CEO of Roku, Inc. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesNeal Mohan, CEO of YouTube, and his wife Hema Sareen Mohan. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesBarry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and Expedia Group, and his wife Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Tech CEOs
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesBill Gates, founder of Microsoft. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesSam Altman, cofounder and CEO of OpenAI. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesMarc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesSundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, walks with Tom Friedman, New York Times columnist. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesDara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesSheryl Sandberg, former COO of Meta Platforms, and her husband Tom Bernthal. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesTim Ellis, CEO of Relativity Space, and his wife, Richelle Ellis. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesLuis von Ahn, CEO of Duolingo. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesAdrien Nussenbaum, CEO of the Mirakl, an e-commerce SaaS company. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesEric Lefkofsky, founder of Tempus and cofounder of Groupon. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesSarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesMax Levchin, CEO of Affirm. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesChris Britt, CEO of Chime. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Finance and Real Estate Executives
Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesTed Weschler, investment manager at Berkshire Hathaway. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesRob Speyer, CEO of Tishman Speyer, and his wife, Anne-Cecilie Engell. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesRoger Kuo, Senior Vice President and Associate Director of Research at investment firm Dodge & Cox Inc. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesMichael Ovitz, investor and philanthropist. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesDaniel Sundheim, Chief Investment Officer of Hedge Fund D1 Capital. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesFrank Sands and Julie Logan Sands, CEO and CIO of Sands Capital Management. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesPaul Salem, Founder of Salem Capital Management and The Salem Foundation. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Politicians, Journalists and Artists
Gina Raimondo, U.S. Commerce Secretary. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesAndrew Ross Sorkin, the New York Times columnist. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesNicholas Griffin, journalist and author. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesBecky Quick, co-anchorwoman of CNBC’s financial news shows Squawk Box. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesDiane von Furstenberg, fashion designer. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesStacey Bendet Eisner, fashion designer. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesChristoph Brown, artist known as “the Amazing Etch Man” who does sketch portraits on Etch A Sketch. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
