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By Monica Sager
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been spotted with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, Joshua Kushner and others at the annual "summer camp for billionaires" in the mountains of central Idaho.
Altman and other titans from the media, tech and finance industries are in The Gem State for a week for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, the corporate executive retreat named for its location that has become one of the year's biggest and most influential gatherings of the private-jet and supercar class.
This year's meeting of the elites runs from July 9 to 13.
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Altman was seen arriving at the Sun Valley Conference on Tuesday, July 9 with his husband, Oliver Mulherin. The OpenAI CEO had a huge grin on his face and the two were pictured hopping on a golf cart.
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The dress code for the week has always seemed to be casual and outdoorsy. Some people wear power suits, while others wear vests and T-shirts.
Often, attendees play tennis matches and golf games as well as take hikes in the Sawtooth Mountains.
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Altman was seen after attending a morning session on July 11 in Sun Valley walking with Mulherin as well as CNN superstar Anderson Cooper.
The venture capitalist Joshua Kushner, Jared Kushner's brother, was walking in tow with a notebook.
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Not much is known about the inner workings of the invite-only gathering, where members of the media are kept at arm's length (Anderson Cooper notwithstanding). The itinerary for the week is kept private, sparking gossip and intrigue and even a parody on the HBO show Succession, right down to the conference's casual dress code and required name tags (yes, even for Mark Zuckerberg).
However, Sun Valley has been the hub for some big media and tech deals, including Jeff Bezos' acquisition of The Washington Post and Google's purchase of YouTube.
Who Else Is There?
While the invitees are kept strictly under wraps, Variety and Bloomberg report that this year's gathering will include more than 60 moguls. The full list is below, broken down by industry, with the caveat that attendance isn't guaranteed.
From photos it appears that more people beyond the list from Variety and Bloomberg are in attendance, such as Boston Globe and Boston Red Sox owner John Henry as well as New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
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Technology:
- Sam Altman - CEO of OpenAI
- Marc Benioff - CEO of Salesforce
- Jeff Bezos - executive chairman of Amazon
- Brian Chesky - CEO of AirBnb
- Tim Cook - CEO of Apple
- Bill Gates - founder of Microsoft
- Andy Jassy - CEO of Amazon
- Alex Karp - CEO of Palantir
- Dara Khosrowshahi - CEO of Uber
- Sundar Pichai - CEO of Google parent Alphabet
- Peter Thiel - co-founder of PayPal, Palantir and Founders Fund
- Mark Zuckerberg - CEO of Meta
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Entertainment:
- Alan Bergman - co-chairman of Disney Entertainment
- Jason Blum - CEO of Blumhouse Productions
- Mike Cavanagh - president of Comcast
- Josh D'Amaro - chairman of Disney Experiences
- Barry Diller - chairman of InterActiveCorp
- Daniel Ek - CEO of Spotify
- Mike Fries - CEO of Liberty Global
- Brian Grazer - film and television producer
- Bob Iger - CEO of The Walt Disney Company
- Hugh Johnston - senior executive vice president and CFO of The Walt Disney Company
- Bobby Kotick - former CEO of Activision Blizzard
- Ynon Kreiz - CEO of Mattel
- Neal Mohan - CEO of YouTube
- James Murdoch - former CEO of 21st Century Fox
- Lachlan Murdoch - chairman of News Corp
- Rupert Murdoch - executive chairman of News Corp
- Greg Peters - co-CEO of Netflix
- Michael Rapino - CEO of Live Nation Entertainment
- Shari Redstone - chairwoman of Paramount Global
- Charles Rivkin - CEO of the Motion Picture Association
- Brian Roberts - CEO of Comcast
- Ted Sarandos - co-CEO of Netflix
- Dana Walden - co-chairman of Disney Entertainment
- Casey Wasserman - chairman of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games
- Anthony Wood - CEO of Roku
- Kenichiro Yoshida - CEO of Sony
- David Zaslav - CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery
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Politics:
- Mark Gordon - governor of Wyoming
- Brad Little - governor of Idaho
- Wes Moore - governor of Maryland
- Chuck Schumer - Senate majority leader and senator from New York
- Josh Shapiro - governor of Pennsylvania
- Kyrsten Sinema - senator from Arizona
- Gretchen Whitmer - governor of Michigan
- Amos Yadlin - former Israel Defense Forces military attaché to Washington
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Media:
- Michael Bloomberg - majority owner of Bloomberg LP
- Erin Burnett - anchor of CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront
- Anderson Cooper - anchor of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360
- Elle Duncan - anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter
- Thomas Friedman - columnist for The New York Times
- Gayle King - co-host of CBS Mornings
- Becky Quick - co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box
- Andrew Ross Sorkin - columnist for The New York Times and co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box
- Oprah Winfrey - host of The Oprah Winfrey Show
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Higher Education:
- Paul Alivisatos - president of the University of Chicago
- Willow Bay - dean of USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Jack DeGioia - president of Georgetown University
- Ben Sasse - president of the University of Florida and former senator from Nebraska
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