DealBook Summit Live Updates: Sam Altman, Serena Williams and Bill Clinton to Speak
This year’s DealBook Summit will include interviews with some of the most powerful figures from Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Washington. Each has been at the heart of the news cycle this year, and they are likely to be at the center of some of the biggest events of 2025, too.
Here are the guests speaking with DealBook’s founder, Andrew Ross Sorkin:
Sam Altman is a co-founder and the chief executive of OpenAI, the start-up behind ChatGPT and DALL-E. The company set off the artificial-intelligence boom in 2022 and was valued at $157 billion in October.
Jeff Bezos is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon. He also founded Blue Origin, an aerospace company, and is the owner of The Washington Post.
Bill Clinton was the president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He also wrote the book “Citizen: My Life After the White House.”
Alex Cooper created, produces and hosts the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in an episode during her presidential campaign.
Ken Griffin is the founder and chief executive of Citadel and the founder and nonexecutive chairman of Citadel Securities. He is one of the country’s biggest donors to Republican political candidates.
Sundar Pichai is the chief executive of Google and its parent company, Alphabet. He is also a member of the Alphabet’s board of directors. Google, one of the biggest players vying for dominance in artificial intelligence, has faced multiple antitrust cases in recent years.
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, started the Archewell Foundation with his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. He is also the chief impact officer at the coaching app BetterUp.
Jerome H. Powell was sworn in as the chair of the Federal Reserve in 2018. During his tenure, the central bank had raised interest rates to their highest level in decades in an effort to cool off inflation — only to lower them in recent months. Mr. Powell also made headlines last month when he firmly pushed back against the suggestion that President-elect Donald J. Trump could sideline him before his term was scheduled to end in 2026.
David Ricks is the chair and chief executive of Eli Lilly, which along with Novo Nordisk, has dominated the huge market for GLP-1 prescription weight-loss drugs.
Fatima Cody Stanford is an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics who specializes in obesity medicine. She also teaches at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Serena Williams, considered one of the greatest professional athletes ever, won 23 career Grand Slam tennis tournaments before retiring in 2022. She is the managing partner of Serena Ventures.
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