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Recent Milken Institute Speakers

Bill Ackman
Founder and CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management
Thasunda Brown Duckett
President and CEO, TIAA
Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank
Rajiv Shah
President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Marvin Ellison
Chairman and CEO, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Padma Lakshmi
Producer, Television Host, and Best-Selling Author
Jessica Sibley
CEO, TIME
Mariam Almheiri
Group CEO, 2PointZero; Chair, International Affairs Office, Presidential Court, United Arab Emirates
Judy Faulkner
CEO and Founder, Epic
John Legend
Artist and Activist
Robert F. Smith
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Vista Equity Partners
José Andrés
Chef, Humanitarian, and Founder, World Central Kitchen; Author, "Change the Recipe"
Jane Fraser
CEO, Citigroup
Maria Corina Machado
Leader, Venezuelan Democratic Movement
Raj Subramaniam
CEO, FedEx
Ajay Banga
President, World Bank Group
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Peyton Manning
Two-Time Super Bowl-Winning Quarterback, Five-Time NFL MVP, and Pro Football Hall of Fame Member
Majid Al Suwaidi
CEO, Altérra
Mary Barra
Chair and CEO, General Motors Company
Ilan Goldfajn
President, Inter-American Development Bank
His Excellency Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
President, Republic of the Philippines
Masaaki Taira
Minister for Digital Transformation; Minister in Charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform; Minister in Charge of Administrative Reform, Japan
David Beckham
Partner and Shareholder, Authentic Brands Group; Co-Owner, Inter Miami CF; Global Brand Ambassador; Philanthropist
Josh Green
Governor, State of Hawaii
Judith McKenna
Former President and CEO, Walmart International
Janet Truncale
Global Chair and CEO, EY
Scott Bessent
Secretary, US Department of the Treasury
Ken Griffin
Founder and CEO, Citadel
Linda McMahon
Secretary, US Department of Education
Hamdi Ulukaya
Founder, CEO, and Chairman, Chobani
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
46th President of the United States of America
Poppy Gustafsson
Minister for Investment, United Kingdom
His Excellency Javier Milei
President of Argentina
Doris Uzoka-Anite
Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria
Casey Bloys
Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content
Fernando Haddad
Minister of Finance, Federal Government of Brazil
Elon Musk
Co-Founder and CEO, Tesla
Emma Walmsley
CEO, GSK
Todd Boehly
CEO, Eldridge Industries; Chairman, Eldridge
Jonathan Haidt
Professor of Ethical Leadership, New York University; Author, "The Anxious Generation"
Indra Nooyi
Former Chairwoman and CEO, PepsiCo; Board Member, Amazon
Mark Walter
Founder and CEO, TWG Global; Founder and CEO, Guggenheim Partners
Albert Bourla
Chairman and CEO, Pfizer, Inc.
Kevin Hassett
Director, National Economic Council, The White House
Mehmet Oz
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services
Kerry Washington
Actress, Producer, and Director; Founder, Simpson Street; Author, "Thicker than Water: A Memoir"
The Honorable George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States; Founder, George W. Bush Presidential Center
Mellody Hobson
Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments
His Excellency Santiago Peña
President of Paraguay
Michael Wirth
Chairman and CEO, Chevron
The Honorable Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States; Founder and Board Chair, Clinton Foundation
Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO, Nvidia
Armando Christian Pérez (Pitbull)
Musician, Education Ambassador, and Motivational Speaker
Darren Woods
Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Mark Cuban
Investor; Entrepreneur; Minority Shareholder, Dallas Mavericks; Co-Owner, 2929 Entertainment, Cost Plus Drugs
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
CEO, Magic Johnson Enterprises; Founder, LA Rises
Ruth Porat
President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google
Linda Yaccarino
CEO, X
Patrick Dempsey
Actor, Producer, and Philanthropist
Michael Kratsios
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House
Marc Rowan
Co-Founder and CEO, Apollo Global Management
Glenn Youngkin
Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
Joaquin Duato
Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Arvind Krishna
Chairman and CEO, IBM
His Excellency William Ruto
President, Republic of Kenya