Who will be attending the Sun Valley Moguls Resort this year?

Welcome back to the OG Billionaires Resort. Every July, executives descend on private planes in Idaho to attend investment banker Herb Allen’s “Moguls’ Exclusive Summer Camp” in Sun Valley. The Allen & Co event, held from July 7 to 11 this year, was previously devoid of journalists, but now resembles an annual scavenger hunt among on-site journalists. (It’s always a good bet that People Inc. mogul Barry Diller delivers the most quoted lines in the press each year.)

The conference founded by the 86-year-old mogul used to stand out as one of the premier gatherings in what are now called thought-leading businesses that count everything from Davos in Switzerland to the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado to Jeff Bezos’ annual Campfire retreats for VIPs. This list is growing as more companies seek to cater to the narrowest, invitation-only segment of the ultra-affluent class.

In other words, there may be less mystery in the meeting of these poles, as there are, increasingly, many stations at which the Masters of the Universe also set out each year. But since there are photojournalists on standby, being at the Allen & Co. conference also serves a visual purpose. It’s a place where executives — name tag, sunglasses, cup of coffee in hand — can be seen. This also tells the story of power and who now holds it.

Here is a list of Hollywood attendees this year at Sun Valley:

• Neil Mohan

  

  YouTube CEO Neil Mohan is arguably leading the media world, as the video platform has not only become a favorite on computers and mobile devices, but has increased its market share of TV time as well.

• Bob Iger and Josh D’Amaro

  

  After officially handing over the keys to Disney Castle to his successor, Josh D’Amaro, in March, Bob Iger rejoined Josh Kushner’s venture capital firm Thrive Capital in April.

• Brian Roberts and Mike Kavanagh

  

  Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and his stepson Mike Cavanagh revealed their big deal days before jetting off to Allen & Co. The moguls unveiled a plan to spin off NBCUniversal from Comcast into a separately traded public company run by Cavanagh.

• Ted Sarandos

  

  The Allen & Co conference had a reputation for being an event where huge deals were contemplated for the first time due to the presence of so many industry giants in the same place. It’s unclear whether Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, after Warner Bros. For a period last year, he was looking to make another big change.

• David Zaslav

  

  David Zaslav sparked a bidding war that led to a $111 billion agreement to sell Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount mogul David Ellison. In the process, Warner’s sales payday was estimated at $886 million.

• Barry Diller

  

  After a new $18 billion bid for MGM Resorts was unveiled in early June, People Inc. mogul Barry Diller is back and cycling in Sun Valley as the Allen & Co. conference gets underway.

• Jerry Yang

  

  Billionaire Jerry Yang, former CEO and co-founder of Yahoo!, was a regular at Allen & Co. For more than a decade.

• Brett Taylor

  

  This year’s OpenAI contingent at the Allen & Co. conference includes Chairman Brett Taylor.

• Mary Barra

  

  GM CEO Mary Barra has served on Disney’s board since 2017 during the CEO Bob Iger, Bob Chapek and Josh D’Amaro eras at the entertainment giant.

• Michael Eisner

  

  Michael Eisner, former Disney CEO, is a longtime regular attendee at the Allen & Co. event. The Mogul Foundation has also supported another thought leader conference, donating $4 million last year to the Aspen Institute to build a new class of arts leaders.

• Rob Manfred

  

  MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is overseeing the growth of Major League Baseball, which has branched out into streaming rights deals with the likes of Netflix as well as partners like NBC and ESPN.

• John Henry

  

  In addition to owning the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club, business tycoon John Henry also owns a host of media properties including Boston Globe.

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