Meanwhile, another freshly completed merger, the union of CAA and ICM Partners, will surely be a topic of conversation as ICMs Chris Silbermann and CAAs Bryan Lourd are Sun Valley regulars. Others getting the golden ticket and chance to trade their power suits for windbreakers and sensible chinos include Shake Shack creator Danny Meyer, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, Murphy Brown star Candice Bergen, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, producer Brian Grazer, Casey Wasserman, the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee president and head of marketing and management company Wasserman, and Kevin Sabet, a former White House drug control policy advisor who founded Smart Approaches to Marijuana, a political organization opposed to marijuana legalization and commercialization. Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter. Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference - Wikipedia commitment to safety includes recognizing safe behaviors, having effective A range of companies and institutions held court at dedicated tables while the most prominent business leaders in the world made the rounds of meetings that ran no more than 30-40 minutes. Events - Allen & Company And those exceptions are typically white women and Asian men. The latter stayed at the company as executive chairman until the end of last year. This year's conference came soon after Discovery announced a deal to buy WarnerMedia, which includes CNN, HBO and Warner Bros. The guest list for Sun Valley is once again overflowing with bold faced names with the cash and egos to spur a fresh wave of M&A. Nikki Haley, former US Ambassador to the UN and a potential 2024 candidate, is on the invite list, but a spokesperson says she will not make the trek to Idaho. (Jassy also made it to the conference.). Kim Perry - Chief Financial Officer. Here are five takeaways from the 38th Sun Valley conference: It was easy to see signs of the pandemic reality all around, and how it has changed our notion of what's normal. 84th Annual Minnesota Safety & Health ConferenceMinneapolis Convention Center,May 8-10, 2018 The ultra-exclusive event lures some of the biggest names in finance, Discovery. Moguls, Deals And Patagonia Vests: A Look Inside 'Summer Camp For Billionaires', Barry Diller Headed 2 Hollywood Studios. Because of the pandemic, more of the conference's proceedings were held outside. If things go south, thats bad news for many media moguls, since the films and shows they produce are tailor-made for people with discretionary income. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was also seen at the conference in a video posted by a senior correspondent for Fox Business Network, Charles Gasparino.