The lore is that news doesn’t really break at Allen and Co’s Sun Valley mogul retreat, but it definitely gets made. Everywhere you look there’s an interesting pairing of successful individuals hanging out, which is what you’d assume would happen at a convergence of hundreds of the most powerful media, entertainment and technology elite.
A conversation here can often turn into tomorrow’s front page headline or top Techmeme hit. From Sheryl and Sergey taking a stroll, to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie chilling post bar with Activision’s Bobby Kotick to Peter Thiel and Palantir’s Alex Karp grabbing a coffee between panels at the lodge, one finds themselves in a constant state of wanting to find out about what everyone’s talking about.
Because everyone is here: From Yousef Al Otaiba to Mark Zuckerberg, the guest list is 624 machers strong, and we have it — minus a few no-shows like Groupon’s Andrew Mason. Btw. The Idaho State Governor is named Butch Otter. Really.
Tim Cook Apple Inc.
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook
Sheryl Sandberg Facebook
Dick Costolo Twitter, Inc.
Bill Gates Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Paul Allen Vulcan Inc.
Jack Dorsey Square, Inc.
Reed Hastings Netflix, Inc.
Mark Pincus Zynga Inc.
Dave Wehner Zynga Inc.
Owen Van Natta Zynga Inc.
Craig Mundie Microsoft Corporation
Charlie Songhurst Microsoft Corporation
Jeff Weiner LinkedIn Corporation
Jeff Bezos Amazon.com, Inc.
Sergey Brin Google Inc.
Eric Schmidt Google Inc.
Larry Page Google Inc.
Reid Hoffman LinkedIn Corporation
Drew Houston Dropbox
Andrew Mason Groupon, Inc.
Eric Lefkofsky Groupon, Inc.
Don Mattrick Microsoft Corporation
Dan Gilbert Quicken Loans
Jeremy Stoppelman Yelp, Inc.
Ross Levinsohn Yahoo! Inc.
Howard Stringer Sony Corporation
Nicole Seligman Sony Corporation
JK Shin Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
David Ebersman Facebook
Anne Wojcicki 23andMe
Dara Khosrowshahi Expedia, Inc.
Jerry Yang Yahoo (formerly)
John Donahoe eBay Inc.
Tim Armstrong AOL LLC
Kaz Hirai Sony Corporation
Paul Jacobs Qualcomm Inc.
René Obermann Deutsche Telekom AG
Pete Karmanos Compuware Corporation
Alex Karp Palantir Technologies, Inc.
Travis Kalanick Uber
Brian Chesky Airbnb, Inc.
Craig Barrett Intel
Meg Whitman Hewlett-Packard Company
Rob Wiesenthal Sony Corporation of America
Tony Bates Skype Limited
Jeff Boyd priceline.com, Inc.
Dave Goldberg SurveyMonkey
WP Hong Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Joe Einhorn The Fancy
Aneel Bhusri Workday, Inc.
Cristian Croitoru Transfer Rapid LLC
Jack Cassidy Cincinnati Bell Inc.
Martin Lau Tencent Technology Co., Ltd.
Thomas Layton oDesk Corporation
Jay Lee Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Peter Klein Microsoft Corporation
Steve Luczo Seagate Technology LLC
Paul Sagan Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Michael Lynton Sony Corporation
Bobby Kotick Activision Blizzard, Inc.
Brian Kelly Activision Blizzard, Inc.
Ursula Burns Xerox Corporation
Andy Bechtolsheim Arista Networks, Inc.
Greg Blatt IAC
Steven Boal Coupons.com
Roy Bostock Yahoo (formerly)
Mike Brown Euronet Worldwide, Inc.
Barry Diller IAC
Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Peter Thiel Founders Fund
Marc Andreessen Andreessen Horowitz LLC
Ben Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz LLC
Jeff Jordan Andreessen Horowitz LLC
Bing Gordon Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
James Anderson Baillie Gifford & Co.
Brad Burnham Union Square Ventures
Dennis Lynch Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
John Burbank Passport Capital
Danny Rimer Index Ventures
Vindi Banga Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LLP
Scott Bommer SAB Capital Management, L.P.
Chase Coleman Tiger Global Management LLC
Hank Crumpton Crumpton Group LLC
Saul Pannell Wellington Management Company
Ted Pappendick Brookside Capital, LLC
Stephen Kappes Torch Hill Investment Partners
Jim Robinson III RRE Ventures
Jim Robinson IV RRE Ventures
Nathan Myhrvold Intellectual Ventures LLC
Roberto Mignone Bridger Capital
Bill Miller Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc.
Ken Miranda International Monetary Fund
Jay Hoag Technology Crossover Ventures
John Hock Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC
Mike Pausic Maverick Capital
Lou Simpson SQ Advisors, LLC
Herb Siegel ALS Capital, LLC
John Canning Madison Dearborn Partners
John Griffin Blue Ridge Capital, LLC
Andreas Halvorsen Viking Global Investors L.P.
Mason Hawkins Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
Tim Collins Ripplewood Holdings LLC
Wes Edens Fortress Investment Group LLC
Brian Rogers T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Hank Vigil Acequia Capital, LLC
Mike Volpi Index Ventures
Alex von Furstenberg Ranger Global Advisors
Wilbur Ross WL Ross & Co. LLC
Jim Rothenberg Capital Research and Management Company
Haim Saban Saban Capital Group, Inc.
Wally Weitz Weitz Funds
Alan Wilson Capital International
David Weinberg Judd Enterprises, Inc.
Judd Weinberg Judd Enterprises, Inc.
Brian Demain Janus Capital Management
André Desmarais Power Corporation of Canada
Michael Eisner The Tornante Company, LLC
Jon Dolgen Wood River Ventures
David Corkins Arrowpoint Partners
Gordy Crawford Capital Research Global Investors
José Luis Cutrale Sucocitrico Cutrale Ltda.
Will Danoff Fidelity Management & Research
Chris Davis Davis Selected Advisers LP
Mike Fries Liberty Global, Inc.
Tommy Frist Frist Capital LLC
Cory Booker Mayor of the City of Newark
Rahm Emanuel Mayor of the City of Chicago
Mike Bloomberg Mayor of the City of New York
Richard Daley Former Mayor of the City of Chicago
Chris Christie Governor of the State of New Jersey
Dick Riordan Former Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
Charles Rivkin U.S. Department of State
Julius Genachowski Federal Communications Commission
Yousef Al Otaiba Embassy of the United Arab Emirates
Erskine Bowles National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
Rupert Murdoch News Corporation
James Murdoch News Corporation
Tom Friedman The New York Times Company
Don Graham The Washington Post Company
Jeff Bewkes Time Warner Inc.
Michael Angelakis Comcast Corporation
Brad Grey Viacom Inc.
Chase Carey News Corporation
Joel Klein News Corporation
Les Moonves CBS Corporation
George Stephanopoulos ABC News
Brian Roberts Comcast Corporation
Evan Osnos The New Yorker Magazine
Charlie Rose The Charlie Rose Show
Richard Rosenblatt Demand Media, Inc.
Ron Meyer NBC Universal, Inc.
John Martin Time Warner Inc.
David Ignatius The Washington Post Company
Lionel Barber Financial Times
Emilio Azcárraga Grupo Televisa, S.A.
Philippe Dauman Viacom Inc.
Gustavo Cisneros Cisneros Group of Companies
Koos Bekker Naspers Limited
Shelby Bonnie Whiskey Media
Glenn Britt Time Warner Cable
Tom Brokaw NBC Universal, Inc.
Erin Burnett CNN
David DeVoe News Corporation
Strauss Zelnick ZelnickMedia Corp.
Dirk Ziff Ziff Brothers Investments
Becky Quick NBC Universal, Inc.
Melinda Gates Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Laurene Powell Job
Susie Buffett The Sherwood Foundation
Toby Cosgrove The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Michael Ferro Merge Healthcare
Minxin Pei Claremont McKenna College
Bill Heavener Full Sail University
Mark Taylor Columbia University
Neil Ashe Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Muhtar Kent The Coca-Cola Company
Phil Knight NIKE, Inc.
Andy McKenna McDonald’s Corporation
José Antonio Fernández FEMSA
Stewart Bainum Choice Hotels International, Inc.
Mike Berman The Duberstein Group, Inc.
Mark Bertolini Aetna, Inc.
Howie Buffett Buffett Farms
Bill Weldon Johnson & Johnson
Mickey Mikitani Rakuten, Inc.
Oprah Winfrey HARPO Entertainment Group
Bob Iger The Walt Disney Company
Anne Sweeney The Walt Disney Company
Jeffrey Katzenberg DreamWorks Animation SKG
Harvey Weinstein The Weinstein Company
Mike White DIRECTV, Inc.
Jeff Berg International Creative Management
Jim Berkus United Talent Agency
Jay Rasulo The Walt Disney Company
John Skipper ESPN, Inc.
David Stern National Basketball Association
Gary Bettman National Hockey League
Tony Bloom Cineworld plc
Jed York The San Francisco 49ers
Roger Goodell National Football League
Jerry Reinsdorf Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox
Robert Kraft New England Patriots
Rio Caraeff Vevo LLC
Bill DeWitt St. Louis Cardinals
Alfonso de Angoitia Grupo Televisa, S.A.
Rachael Ray Watch Entertainment, Inc.
Erik Logan OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Sheri Salata OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Bryan Lourd Creative Artists Agency, Inc.
Bud Selig Major League Baseball
Lucian Grainge Universal Music Group
Brian Grazer Imagine Entertainment
Mathias Döpfner Axel Springer AG
Eric Eisner Double E Pictures
John Elkann EXOR S.p.A.
Tom Evans Bankrate, Inc.
Rodney Faraon Crumpton Group LLC
Nate Fick Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
Niall FitzGerald Hakluyt & Co. Ltd.
Jennifer Foster Chilton Investment Company
Dan Fulton Weyerhaeuser Company
Michael Fux Comfort Revolution
Mala Gaonkar Lone Pine Capital LLC
Whit Gardner Gardner Lewis Asset Management
Tom Giovine Giovine Capital Group LLC
Tom Glocer
Jimmy Hayes Cox Enterprises, Inc.
John Hendricks Discovery Communications
David Herro Harris Associates L.P.
John Heyman World Group of Companies
Martin Indyk The Brookings Institution
Eli Jacobs Essex Management Company
Bob Johnson The RLJ Companies
Michael Karsch Karsch Capital Management, L.P.
Gayle King HARPO Entertainment Group
Seth Klarman The Baupost Group, LLC
Victor Koo Youku Inc.
Sock Koong SingTel
Henry Kravis Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Ynon Kreiz
Blake Krikorian id8 Group Holdings
Ananda Krishnan Astro – Maxis
Stan Kroenke The Kroenke Group
Roger Kuo Dodge & Cox
Daniel Lamarre Cirque du Soleil
Michael Larson BGI
Mike Leavitt Leavitt Partners, LLC
Ted Leonsis Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Max Levchin HVF LLC
David Levin UBM plc
Maurice Lévy Publicis Groupe
Marty Lipton Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Andrew Liveris The Dow Chemical Company
Ken Lowe Scripps Networks Interactive
Michael Lowenstein Kensico Capital Management
Dan Lufkin
John Malone Liberty Media Corporation
Morris Mark Mark Asset Management Corp.
Kathleen McCarragher Jennison Associates LLC
Stan McChrystal McChrystal Group
Monty Meigs Business Executives for National Security
Lorenzo Mendoza Empresas Polar
Tom Monahan Corporate Executive Board
Luis Alberto Moreno Inter-American Development Bank
Danny Moskovitz D.M. Operations Management Inc.
Lachlan Murdoch Illyria Pty Limited
Liz Murdoch Shine Group
Michael Neidorff Centene Corporation
Jonathan Nelson Providence Equity Partners Inc.
Vivi Nevo NV Investments, Inc.
Sam Nunn Nuclear Threat Initiative
Mike O’Hanlon The Brookings Institution
Ron Olson Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Butch Otter Governor of the State of Idaho
Michael Ovitz Broad Beach Ventures
Mark Papa EOG Resources, Inc.
François-Henri Pinault PPR
Larry Probst United States Olympic Committee
Kevin Reilly Lamar Advertising Company
Fernando Rodés Vil ISP
Karim Sadjadpour Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ricky Sandler Eminence Capital, LLC
Fayez Sarofim Fayez Sarofim & Co.
Nassef Sawiris Orascom Construction Industries S.A.E.
Jack Schneider
John Scully SPO Partners & Co.
Terry Semel Windsor Media
Eric Semler TCS Capital Management, LLC
Ronen Shilo Conduit
Bill Siegel
Chris Silbermann International Creative Management
Al Simpson National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
Martin Sorrell WPP PLC
Don Stein Emory University School of Medicine
Christopher Stone Dyson Family Investment Office
Mike Stone Freestyle Capital
Nirav Tolia Nextdoor
Thomas Tull Legendary Pictures
Pete Ueberroth Contrarian Group, Inc.
Jay Vacanti Massachusetts General Hospital
Jeff Van Harte Delaware Investments
Martin Varsavsky FON
Jack Vaughn
Casey Wasserman Wasserman Media Group, LLC
Jimmy Williams
Amos Yadlin Institute for National Security Studies
Tadashi Yanai Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
Daniel Yergin IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Inc.
David Zaslav Discovery Communications
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