Stacey Bendet donned another striking outfit for Sun Valley’s second day – along with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Shari Redstone at the exclusive event.
Alice and Olivia’s CEO, 44, shone at ‘Billionaires Summer Camp’, Allen & Co’s annual summer conference that brings together industry giants from around the world.
The annual Idaho event is known for hosting high-profile business deals, or at least being the site of the conversations they sparked.
The meetings take place behind closed doors, journalists are excluded from attending.
Moguls in attendance this year include embattled Disney CEO Bob Iger, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and OpenAI founder Sam Altman.
Stacey Bendet donned another striking outfit for Sun Valley’s second day – along with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Shari Redstone at the exclusive event
Apple CEO Tim Cook walks with other attendees as they exit a morning session
New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell head to lunch at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference
Shari Ellin Redstone, President of National Amusements, goes to a morning meeting
New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell were seen having lunch together during Wednesday’s conference.
Fashion mogul François-Henri Pinault was also spotted out at Sun Valley yesterday.
Mike Bloomberg, former New York Mayor and CEO of Bloomberg LP, was filmed leaving a morning meeting.
And Sheryl Sandberg – Meta’s former COO – smiled as she walked out of one of the workshops with her husband Tom Bernthal.
Bernthal is CEO of strategic consulting agency Kelton Global and a former NBC News producer.
However, this year’s celebrations are expected to be marred by an ongoing writers’ strike and the rise of artificial intelligence and streaming services.
One of the storylines featured this week comes from Disney boss Bob Iger, whose contract has now been extended through 2026.
Iger was spotted Wednesday walking to lunch wearing aviator sunglasses and a long-sleeved white T-shirt.
Another hot topic at the summit is also reportedly a recent federal court ruling in favor of Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard Inc., which aided the $69 billion sale of his company to Microsoft, according to Bloomberg.
Stacey Bendet looked gorgeous in a red, black and white dress on July 11th
Fashion mogul François-Henri Pinault is a French businessman, Chairman and CEO of Kering since 2005 and President of Groupe Artémis since 2003
Fashion designer Stacey Bendet walks with other attendees as they leave a morning session of the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference July 12
Mike Bloomberg, former New York Mayor and CEO of Bloomberg LP, exits a morning session of the conference
Disney CEO Bob Iger goes to lunch wearing aviator sunglasses
Both Kotick and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are known to regularly attend the annual billionaires gathering.
And in the presence of David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, discussions about the future of struggling news network CNN will be kept in mind.
In the tech industry, meanwhile, executives are expected to meet with the US Department of Commerce. Gina Raimondo will speak about the $52 billion US Chips and Science Act, which aims to boost advanced domestic semiconductor manufacturing, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
And they will likely discuss ongoing negotiations to create a new Indo-Pacific trade deal to replace the Trans-Pacific Partnership that former President Donald Trump dissolved in 2017.
A first version of the agreement would have effectively undone member countries’ efforts to regulate tech companies, including on issues such as market dominance and privacy.
Tech leaders have also been lobbying government officials in recent months to ensure their interests are represented in the new deal aimed at curbing China’s influence in Asia.
Casey Wasserman, Chairman of the Wasserman Media Group, Adam Silver, Commissioner of the NBA, and Jenny Chandler
Sheryl Sandberg – the former COO of Meta – and her husband Tom Bernthal. He is CEO of strategic consulting agency Kelton Global and a former NBC News producer
Salesforce Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff beams during the meeting wearing a cowboy hat
Sam Altman (right), CEO of OpenAI, and Ollie Mulherin, Australian software developer, walk away from lunch after enjoying the morning sessions of the conference
Bob Bakish, President of Paramount Global, David Begnaud, TV Correspondent, and Jeremy Tardo are spotted Wednesday
“We have advocated very publicly for the Indo-Pacific economic framework to include strong digital commerce provisions that ensure digital technologies are widely accessible and support privacy, security and trust in data flows across borders,” admitted Google spokesman Jose Castanada.
The tech giants say the new deal should include many of the same provisions as those between the United States, Canada and Mexico, which they say support typical trade priorities like protecting American companies.
“This is not about helping the biggest firms or helping tech companies, but rather about ensuring a regulatory environment between key trading partners that empowers a wide variety of businesses as most rely on digital services and tools to thrive in the marketplace global competition,” said Jonathan McHale, vice-president for digital commerce at computer and communications associations, told Bloomberg.
Trading group members include Amazon.com Inc, Google and Meta Platforms Inc.
Negotiations are currently underway in South Korea between representatives of the 14 countries to be included in the agreement.
All were invited to the annual Billionaire Summer Camp
has compiled a list of everyone invited to Allen & Co’s annual summer conference.
From the tech industry, these include:
- Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Meta
- Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet
- Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
- Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
- Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
- Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI
- Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn
From the media industry:
- Rupert Murdoch, Chairman of News Corp
- David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery
- Shari Redstone, President of Paramount Global
- Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company
- Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney Entertainment
- Reed Hastings, Chairman of Netflix
- Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO of Netflix
- Greg Peters, Co-CEO of Netflix
- Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard
- Casey Wasserman, CEO of Wasserman Media Group
- Bryan Lourd, Co-Chair of Creative Artists Agency
- Brian Grazer, film and television producer
- Josh Berger, Founder and Chairman of Battersea Entertainment
- Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation
From the financial sector:
- Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
- Kenneth Chenault, former CEO of American Express
- Bob Mylod, Founder of Annox Capital Management
- Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir and Founders Fund
From the sports industry:
- Rob Manfred, MLB commissioner
- Jay Monahan, PGA Tour Commissioner
- Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner
- Adam Silver, NBA commissioner
- Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
- Terry Pegula, owner of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabers
From the news media:
- Oprah Winfrey, host of The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Andrew Ross Sorkin, columnist for the New York Times
- Gayle King, co-host of CBS Mornings
- David Begnaud, senior national correspondent for CBS Mornings.
- Van Jones, CNN contributor
- Erin Burnett, host of Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN
- David Ignatius, columnist for the Washington Post
- Bari Weiss, Founder of The Free Press
- Becky Quick, co-host of CNBC’s Squawk Box
In politics:
- Lawrence Summers, former Treasury Secretary (1999 to 2001)
- Hank Paulson, former Secretary of the Treasury (2006 to 2009)
- Mario Draghi, former Italian Prime Minister
- David Petraeus, former CIA chief
- Amos Yadlin, former Israeli Defense Forces military attaché in Washington, DC and head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate
- Yousef Al Otaiba, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States
- Karim Sadjadpour, an Iranian-American Carnegie Endowment policy analyst
- Martin Indyk, former US Ambassador to Israel
- Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland
Other:
- Hamdi Ulukaya, founder of yogurt maker Chobani
- Danny Meyer, Founder and Chairman of Shake Shack
Source: Observer.com