JJ, JD and I went back to the Aspen Ideas Festival this summer and it was as great as ever. So many amazing speakers in a gorgeous place. Below is a brief description of the festival...
The Aspen Ideas Festival is the nation's premier, public gathering place for leaders from around the globe and across many disciplines to engage in deep and inquisitive discussion of the ideas and issues that both shape our lives and challenge our times. Some 450 presenters, 400 sessions, and 3,000 attendees comprise the annual Festival, launched in 2005, on the Aspen Institute's campus in Aspen, Colorado.
Traveling in style.;) We chartered a Falcon 2000 and it was amazing! Our own flight attendant and all.:) Then a couple months ago Jonathan Jones bought one of his own.
Gorgeous!
The minute we touched down, we hopped on a golf cart with David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity investment company (one of the largest in the world). In fact they looked at acquiring Yak Mat during the process and JD actually asked him on the short golf cart drive what happened with that...! Hysterical. David said he was going to look into it. You snooze, you lose, David!!!:):)
What a cool guy, Doug McMillon, President and CEO of Walmart Inc. being interviewed by our friend, David Rubenstein.;) He reminded me of Jonathan in that he's a CEO who looked like a little kid.:):):)
Dan Schulman, President and CEO of Paypal (left)
Arthur Brooks, American social scientist, musician, and contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. I have loved my times at the fest hearing him speak!
Last but not least... Katie Couric (a former host on 3 huge networks ABC, CBS, NBC) interviewing James Comey, 7th Director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017 and was dismissed by President Trump for various allegations of wrongdoing.
We saw several speakers other than those above. There are ENDLESS speakers, options and topics!!
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