For the world’s top moguls, there’s only one place to be in the week after July 4: Sun Valley, Idaho. The quiet resort town has hosted the annual Allen & Company conference, often dubbed “summer camp for billionaires,” for more than four decades.
This year’s gathering kicks off today (July 8), with as many as 175 private jets expected to land at nearby Friedman Memorial Airport. Over the coming days, industry leaders will convene for closed-door lectures and meetings known for their secrecy and frequent dealmaking.
Among the early arrivals are The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav, and a trove of tech executives. Dozens more titans are expected at the invitation-only event, which is hosted by the New York-based investment firm Allen & Co. and remains one of the most coveted gatherings in business.
Here’s a look at which figures across media, politics and entertainment have been spotted at this year’s Sun Valley conference so far:
Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company
Michael Eisner, former CEO of The Walt Disney Company
Bobby Kotick, former CEO of Activision Blizzard
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors
Reed Hastings, chairman of Netflix
Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix
Spencer Neumann, chief financial officer of Netflix
Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp
Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund
Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube
Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball
Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Experiences
Casey Wasserman, CEO of Wasserman Media Group
Stacey Bendet Eisner, CEO of Alice + Olivia
Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast
Barry McCarthy, former CEO of Peloton
Gayle King, co-host of CBS Mornings
Ken Langone, co-founder of Home Depot
Greg Maffei, former CEO of Liberty Media
Ravi Ahuja, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Hiroki Totoki, CEO of Sony
David Begnaud, contributor for CBS News
David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, and Andrew Ross Sorkin, financial columnist for The New York Times and co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box
Jeb Terry, CEO of Cosm
Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of Chobani, and his wife Louise Ulukaya
Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx
Alfonso de Angoitia, co-CEO of Grupo Televisa
David Baszucki, CEO of Roblox, and his wife Jan Ellison
Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer, and Barry Diller, chairman of IAC
John Elkann, chairman of Ferrari
Brian Grazer, film and television producer
Bill Cowher, analyst for CBS Sports
Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks
Michael Bloomberg, majority owner of Bloomberg L.P.
Jason Blum, CEO of Blumhouse Productions, and his wife Lauren Blum
Larry Summers, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Steve Swartz, CEO of Hearst
David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post
