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Recent Milken Institute Speakers

His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo
13th President of the Republic of Ghana
The Honorable Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States
of America; Founder and Board Chair,
Clinton Foundation
Jenny Johnson
President and CEO, Franklin Templeton
Her Majesty Queen Rania
Al Abdullah
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Paul Colonna
President and Chief Investment Officer,
Lockheed Martin
His Excellency Paul Kagame
President, Republic of Rwanda
His Excellency Khalid bin
Abdulaziz Al-Falih
Minister of Investment, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
Joaquin Duato
Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
The Honorable Michael Kratsios
Assistant to the President for Science and
Technology; Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy, The White House
His Excellency Mansoor Ibrahim
Al Mansoori
Chairman, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi
Rayan Fayez
Deputy CEO, NEOM
Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank
Her Excellency Mariam bint
Mohammed AlMheiri
Group CEO, 2PointZero; Chair, International
Affairs Office, Presidential Court, United
Arab Emirates
Jane Fraser
CEO, Citigroup
The Honorable Howard Lutnick
Secretary, US Department of Commerce
His Excellency Khaldoon Khalifa
Al Mubarak
Managing Director and Group CEO,
Mubadala Investment Company
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International
Monetary Fund
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy
55th Speaker, US House of Representatives
His Excellency Yasir Othman
Al Rumayyan
Chairman of the Board and Governor, Public
Investment Fund, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Jonathan Gray
President and Chief Operating
Officer, Blackstone
Precious Moloi-Motsepe
Co-Founder and CEO, Motsepe Foundation
His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al
Faisal Al Saud
Chairman of the Board, King Faisal Center
for Research and Islamic Studies
Fernando Haddad
Minister of Finance, The Federal
Government of Brazil
Rupert Murdoch
News Corp
Chairman Emeritus, Fox Corpo
His Excellency Mohamed
Hassan Alsuwaidi
Minister of Investment; Managing Director
and CEO, ADQ, United Arab Emirates
Tom Hale
CEO, Oura Health
Elon Musk
Founder and CEO, Tesla
Ajay Banga
President, World Bank Group
Amos Hochstein
Managing Partner, TWG Global; Former
Deputy Assistant to the President and
Senior Advisor for Energy and Investment,
The White House
Ruth Porat
Alphabet and Google
President and Chief Investment
The Honorable Scott Bessent
Secretary, US Department of the Treasury
Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO, Nvidia
His Excellency William Ruto
President, Republic of Kenya
Jill Biden
Former First Lady of the United States
of America
Arianna Huffington
Founder and CEO, Thrive Global
Harvey Schwartz
CEO, The Carlyle Group
The Honorable George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States
of America; Founder, George W. Bush
Presidential Center
Gianni Infantino
Football Association
President, Fédération Internationale de
Janet Truncale
Global Chair and CEO, EY
Deepak Chopra
Founder, The Chopra Foundation and
Chopra Global
Erika James
of Pennsylvania
Dean, Wharton School of the University
Doris Uzoka-Anite
Minister of Finance, Nigeria
State, Federal Ministry of