Day Two of the Sun Valley, Idaho, camp for billionaires was attended by billionaire financial guru Warren Buffett, Sheryl Sandberg, Meta’s departing, scandal-plagued boss, and fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg.
With a beige blouse, a white cardigan, cream slacks, and sneakers, Sandberg, 52, who attended with her partner, former NBC News producer Thomas Bernthal, cut a straightforward figure.
She resigned from her position as chief operating officer of Meta in June after being questioned about allegations that she exploited corporate resources to organize her planned wedding to Bernthal, who works as the CEO of the firm’s marketing division.
While Diane von Furstenberg, 75, dressed up with a navy blue jacket and checkered scarf to brace the windy weather, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Buffett, 91, was seen on a golf court wearing a right jacket.
She was spotted traveling to a morning meeting with her husband, Fox Television and USA television founder Barry Diller, 80.
John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club, Philippe Laffont, founder and portfolio manager of Coatue Management, and Michael Larson, chief investment officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, were also seen.
The investment bank Allen & Company is the host of the yearly, invitation-only conference.
This year’s conference, which takes place from July 6 to 10, takes place in a small community of only 1,500 residents near Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest.
According to Infowars, the guest list includes prominent figures including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, Apple’s Tim Cook, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft’s Bill Gates.
According to the website, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, and Jason Kilar, CEO of WarnerMedia, are among those invited from the media industry, along with Thomas Friedman, Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper, Van Jones, and Gayle King.
At the elite event, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, 80, was also seen grinning while taking a stroll with his 47-year-old ophthalmologist partner Dana Blumberg.
Shari Redstone, whose family amassed wealth through ownership of shares in media conglomerate ViacomCBS, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg were two other members of wealthy dynasties that were arrested on Day One.
On Tuesday, former CIA Director Michael Morell and Bob Iger, the current chairman of the company and previous CEO of Disney, both attended.
David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Discovery, one of the most talked-about new appointments in the media, made waves on Tuesday when he arrived and shared his forecasts for the future of streaming services.
After a decline in Netflix subscribers, he claimed that the streaming business would concentrate on producing fewer, better shows of greater quality.
Ted Sarandos, a co-founder of Netflix, was also present on Tuesday, although he hasn’t responded to Zaslav’s prediction in the media.
Private aircraft owned by corporate executives started showing up at the regional airport over the holiday weekend and parking for the week at Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey.
Among those present at the final conference of 2019 were Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Bob Iger of Disney, Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe, Lachlan Murdoch of Fox Corporation, Dan Schulman of PayPal, Marne Levine of Instagram, Steve Easterbrook of McDonald’s, and Shari Redstone, a multibillionaire media mogul.