Annual American business conference
Bald Mountain in Sun Valley, Idaho
The Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference is an annual media finance conference hosted and funded by private investment firm
Allen & Company .
[1] The conference has taken place in
Sun Valley ,
Idaho for one week each July since 1983. The gathering typically includes major political figures, business leaders, and figures in the philanthropic and cultural spheres.
[2]
[3]
Previous conference guests have included
Bill and
Melinda Gates ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Elon Musk ,
Warren and
Susan Buffett ,
[4]
Tony Blair ,
Google founders
Larry Page and
Sergey Brin , Allen alumnus and former
Philippine Senator
Mar Roxas , former Google Chairman
Eric Schmidt ,
Quicken Loans Founder & Chairman
Dan Gilbert ,
Yahoo! co-founder
Jerry Yang , financer
George Soros ,
Facebook founder
Mark Zuckerberg , media mogul
Rupert Murdoch ,
[5]
eBay CEO
Meg Whitman ,
BET founder
Robert Johnson ,
Time Warner Chairman
Richard Parsons ,
Nike founder and chairman
Phil Knight ,
[6]
Dell founder and CEO
Michael Dell ,
[7] NBA player
LeBron James , Professor and entrepreneur
Sebastian Thrun , Governor
Chris Christie ,
entertainer
Dan Chandler ,
Katharine Graham of
The Washington Post ,
Diane Sawyer ,
InterActiveCorp Chairman
Barry Diller , Linkedin co-founder
Reid Hoffman , entrepreneur
Wences Casares ,
EXOR and
FCA Chairman
John Elkann , and Washington Post CEO
Donald E. Graham ,
Ivanka Trump and
Jared Kushner ,
[8]
Bob Iger ,
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO
David Zaslav ,
Oprah Winfrey ,
[4]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[2]
Sam Altman /
Satya Nadella /
Kevin Scott
[12] and more.
Allen & Company is a private investment firm formed in 1922, with headquarters in
New York City and
London . Allen & Company has advised, helped found, and/or invested in companies including
BET ,
InterActiveCorp ,
Oxygen Media ,
Discovery Communications ,
News Corporation , the
Coca-Cola Corporation and
Google .
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See also
References
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"SUN VALLEY 2007 - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com" . 2009-07-16. Archived from
the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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"Technology and Media VIPs Gather at Yearly Sun Valley Conference - Digital TV Life" . digitaltvlife.com . Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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"The Annual Summer Camp For Billionaires" . Getty Images . Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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a
b Alice Schroeder (2008). The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life .
ISBN
978-0553805093 .
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"Murdoch speaks briefly to the media as he arrives the Allen and Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho" . Jafria News . 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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"Nike co-founder and chairman Knight attends the second day of the Allen and Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho" . Adobe Stock . Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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"Dell founder and CEO Dell attends the second day of the Allen and Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho" . Adobe Stock . Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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"Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner hobnob in Sun Valley with the tech and media elite who rule our universe" . The Mercury News . 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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"Inside the Private World of Allen & Co. Putting a premium on personal ties, this family firm thrives in the land of the giants. - June 28, 2004" . money.cnn.com . Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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"Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe attends 2009 Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference" . Colombian Presidency . Archived from
the original on 2009-06-19.
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"Allen and Co. Sun Valley Conference: Gates, Murdoch and Zuckerberg—Oh My" . Boise Weekly . Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt.html
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"idaho mountain express : Media moguls alight in valley — Allen + Co opens 22nd annual conference : Friday, July 2, 2004" . July 20, 2012. Archived from
the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
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"Idaho Mountain Express: Herbert Allen Jr. comes calling again - July 5, 2006" . 2012-02-04. Archived from
the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
^ Adegoke, Yinka.
"Media moguls focus on digital dollars at Sun Valley" . U.S . Retrieved 2018-08-03 .
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