The Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference has been held annually, the week after July 4, for decades.
Employees at the nearby Friedman Memorial Airport reportedly refer to the conference as “the annual fly-in event”
while others jokingly call it “summer camp for billionaires.”
Most of the week’s agenda is secret and the reporters present are told to stay off-the-record,
but it is rumored that Sun Valley was the origin of several high profile mergers and Jeff Bezos’ decision to buy the Washington Post.
Among the names reportedly present at this year’s conference are Disney CEO Bob #Iger, Paramount Chair Shari #Redstone, and OpenAI CEO Sam #Altman.
Several prominent politicians, including Michigan Gov. Gretchen #Whitmer, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh #Shapiro, and Maryland Gov. Wes #Moore also scored invites to the event, according to Variety.
It’s challenging to determine the exact number of private planes flying into the Idaho airport, due to recent changes in Federal Aviation Administration policy that allow for jet owners to conceal their flight data from tracking websites.
Still, the flight-tracking website FlightAware shows more than a hundred non-concealed flights landing in Sun Valley.
https://qz.com/sun-valley-idaho-summer-camp-for-billionaires-1851585079
