Big Tech, mainstream media, and public officials to gather for secret Sun Valley conference this week
by Tom Parker | Reclaim The Net
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Council of Foreign Relations President Richard Haass, and other influential figures from Big Tech, mainstream media, and politics are on the guest list for a private, five day Sun Valley conference in Idaho that kicks off on July 6.
The annual conference was started in 1982 by the private investment firm Allen & Company – a company that has been the underwriter for several major Big Tech initial public offerings (IPOs) and an adviser for other significant Big Tech acquisitions.
Allen & Co. was one of the underwriters for Google’s 2004 IPO, Facebook’s 2012 IPO, and Twitter’s 2013 IPO. It was also a co-manager for LinkedIn’s 2011 IPO.
Additionally, Allen & Co. advised Facebook during its 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp, eBay and PayPal during their 2015 separation, AOL when it was acquired by Verizon in 2015, Microsoft during its 2016 acquisition of LinkedIn, Time Warner when it was acquired by AT&T in 2016, Verizon during its 2016 acquisition of Yahoo, and Walmart during its 2016 acquisition of Jet.com and 2017 acquisition of PetSmart.
