2024 Iconoclast Summit Speakers

Kenneth C. Griffin

• Founder and CEO of Citadel: one of the world’s largest alternative investment firms

• He began investing in 1986 from his Harvard dorm room-> the following year he launched a small hedge fund that utilized emerging quantitative analytics to inform investment decision-making 

• He founded Citadel in 1990

• In 2002, him and his partners established Citadel Securities as a market maker -> today it is one of the world’s largest liquidity providers

Ryan Reynolds

• Actor, producer, screenwriter, and entrepreneur

• Began his acting career in 1991

• Is an award-winning marketer, creating breakthrough campaigns for Deadpool, etc.

• Owner of: Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile, Wrexham Football club, Chief Creative Officer of MNTN, and a co-founder of Maximum Effort- a production and marketing firm  

David M. Rubenstein

• Co-founder and co-chairman of the Board 

• Appointed to Board of Directors in 2011

• Previously he served as Co-CEO of Carlyle 

• Formed Carlyle in 1987

• Practiced Law for many years

• Graduated from Duke and the University of Chicago Law School 

• Carlyle: Global Investment Firm; manage 425 Billion in assets; look for lasting relationships with trust and credibility

Mary Callahan Erdoes

• CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase’s Asset and Wealth Management line of business- one of the largest and most respected investment managers and private banks in the world 

• More than 5 trillion in client assets 

• Joined the firm 25 years ago 

• Board member of Georgetown- where she received undergrad degree in mathematics 

• MBA at Harvard where she serves on the Global Advisory Council

Vinod Khosla

• Entrepreneur, Investor, and Technologist 

• Founder of Khosla Ventures 

• Desire to make a positive impact through technology to reinvent societal infrastructure and multiply resources

• Went to IIT in Delhi for undergrad 

• MBA from Stanford 

Baroness Dambisa Moyo

• UK’s House of Lords and Co- Principal of Versaca Investments, a family office focused on growth investing globally 

• Author of 5 best sellers on the global macroeconomy and geopolitics

• PhD from Oxford and Masters from Harvard

• Serves on the board of large corporations and financial institutions 

Jonathan Gray

• President, COO, and and a member of Blackstone’s board of directors 

• Received education from UPenn 

• Previously served as Blackstone’s Global Head of Real Estate, which he helped build into the largest real estate platform in the world 

• Joined Blackstone in 1992

Todd Boehly

• Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Eldridge Industries

• It employs more than 3,000 people and has made investments in more than 100 operating businesses

• Chairman and owner of many sports teams including LA lakers

• Holding company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut

Jay Penske

• Founded in 2004, CEO of Penske Media Corporation 

• Has been twice named one of the top 100 Private companies in the US

• PMC is one of the largest media, publishing and live event companies in the world 

• Education at UPenn

• PMC also owns Dick Clark Production- the world’s largest producer and owner of televised live entertainment programming

• Jay also owns and operated DS Penske Autosport, a leading global racing team and co-founded Firefly Mobile Inc.- created the first mobile phone for children globally 

Harvey M. Schwartz

• CEO of Carlyle and member of the board of directors 

• Formerly worked at Goldman Sachs from 1997-2018, being President and COO

• Involved in a range of investments and philanthropic endeavors that include a focus on mental health and developing future business leaders, including women and young people seeking a career in finance 

• Earned BA at Rutgers, MBA from Columbia

Oscar Fahlgren

• CIO of Mubadala Capital- a global asset management firm 

• Currently the Head of Brazil 

• Originally joined Mubadala Investment Company in 2010 and held multiple senior positions in the organization 

• Previously, he was an Associate Director with Terra Firma Capital Partners in London

• Received Master of Laws from Uppsala University, Sweden

Eric Wilmes

• President, Americas, and Head of Private Equity at GIC- securing Singapore’s financial future 

• Began his career in the Merchant Banking Division of Morgan Stanley and Co. 

• Williams College 

• GIC’s San Francisco Office

Micheal Strahan

• Pro Football Hall of Famer, Broadcaster, and Entrepreneur

• New York Giants- super bowl winner 

Lindsey Vonn

• Olympic Champion, Entrepreneur, and founder of Lindsey Vonn Foundation

• Female skier

• Has found key investments across a wide range of industries through her diverse network 

• Some of her long-term partners are LandRover/Jaguar, Rolex, and Under Armour

Micheal Anders

• Founding partner of ICONIQ Capital- a global investment firm that channels ideas, talent, and capital to initiatives that advance society 

• It has advised on nearly $600M in grants to tackle the world’s most urgent challenges- including climate change, education, and economic mobility 

• Prior to this, he worked at Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Sonia Gardner

• President, Managing Partner, and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group- a global alt investment manager with over 12.5 B in assets under management that she co-founded with her brother in 1995

• Partner in charge of managing the firm globally and distressed investing has been her focus for more than 37 years

Nelson Griggs

• President of Nasdaq

• He is responsible for leading a business that serves over 10,000 corporate clients and 5,000 investor clients across the investment management ecosystem 

• Joined the company in 2001

Tracy Britt Cool

• Co-founder of Kanbrick- a long-term investment partnership focused on acquiring and building companies in consumer and industrial sectors

• Previously worked at Berkshire Hathaway

• Graduates from Harvard Business School 

• Co-founder of Smart Women Securities- an organization that provides personal finance and investment education to undergraduate women 

Les Burn

• Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Ariel Alternatives, LLC, where he also chairs the investment committee

• Ariel Alternatives- global asset management firm

• Former Founder and CEO of Hamilton Lane- a publicly-traded global investment firm with over 500 billion in assets under management

Eric Harkless Moore

• Managing director of investments for Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates Company created to accelerate social progress in US

Suyi Kim

• Leads CPP Investments’ Private Equity program globally 

• Has over 20 years of investment experience 

• MBA from Stanford

Michal Katz

• Head of Investment and Corporate Banking for Mizuho Americas- a division of the Mizuho Financial Group- one of the largest financial institutions in the world with 2 trillion of assets

• Leads a division of close to 1,000 bankers and business professionals across Americas, Europe, and Asia

• Recognized by American Banker as one of the Most Powerful Women in Finance for the past 3 years  

Anjula Acharia

• Talent manager and the CEO and Founder of A-Series Investments and Management 

• She is a strategic investor/ advisor to a multitude of consumer tech and consumer packaged goods startups, including two early- stage investments which have grown into billion-dollar unicorns 

• Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s manager and played a pivotal role in launching her career in America  

Bing Chen

• An impact founder, investor, and new world builder

• Executive Chairman, CEO, and Co-founder of Gold house, the leading cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asia Pacific creators and communities to power tomorrow for all 

• UPenn education

Anne Valentine Andrews

• Global head of Private Markets, based in NYC

• Responsible of strategy, business development, and growth of Manulife Investment Management private markets business

• Previously worked at BlackRock, spent nine years in senior roles

• Before that, she was co-head and COO for the Morgan Stanley infrastructure platform 

Dana Settle

• Co-founder and managing partner at Greycroft 

• MBA from Harvard

• Greycroft: American venture capital firm 

• Manages over 2 billion in capital with investments in various companies 

Rohan Oza

• Co-founder and Managing Partner of CAVU Consumer Partners

• It has raised and deployed over 1 Billion into high-growth, iconic consumer brands across various categories

• Known for transforming groundbreaking consumer products into household names 

Anna Mason

• Managing Partner for Ingeborg Investments, a venture style investment platform founded and funded by Olivia Walton

• Ingeborg values innovation that can improve the full female experience and invests in both female founders and other female fund managers 

• Received BA from Harvard

• Named Fortune’s 40 under 40 in 2020

Shardul Shah

• Partner in Index Ventures which he joined in 2008 

• Focuses on security, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise software

• Ranked on Forbes Midas List as one of the world’s top investors 

Bruce Lee

• Founder and CEO of Keebeck Wealth Management 

• Helps his clients make the most out of their wealth 

• Located in Chicago, Illinois 

• Has over 950 Million in assets under management 

Nihal Metha

• Co-founder and General Partner of Eniac Ventures 

• Co-founder of the non-profit “Project Ahimsa”, providing scholarships to disadvantaged youth in India 

• UPenn education 

Mike Federle

• CEO of Forbes

• Engages 140 million across every platform every month 

Steve Forbes

-Chairman and editor in chief of Forbes Media

Moira Forbes

• Executive Vice President of Forbes

• Also President and Publisher of Forbes Women, a multimedia content channel dedicated to successful women in business and leadership which she founded in 2007