Tim Cook, Lachlan Murdoch, Shari Redstone, Brian Roberts, Mark Zuckerberg and Bob Iger are among the media and technology moguls who will be touching down in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July for Allen & Co.’s annual media conference.
The invite-only confab is a chance for the one-percent of the one-percent to break out their windbreakers and jeans, and give the power suits a rest while biking and hiking in alpine splendor. It’s also historically been the locus of deal-making. Comcast’s purchase of NBC/Universal, the Washington Post’s sale to Jeff Bezos and Disney’s pact for Capital Cities/ABC were all hatched at Sun Valley. The conference was also the birthplace of some less successful mergers, namely AOL’s disastrous marriage to Time Warner.
In recent years, as technology and streaming have upended the traditional entertainment business, the biggest stars at Sun Valley have hailed from Silicon Valley.
The invite-only confab is a chance for the one-percent of the one-percent to break out their windbreakers and jeans, and give the power suits a rest while biking and hiking in alpine splendor. It’s also historically been the locus of deal-making. Comcast’s purchase of NBC/Universal, the Washington Post’s sale to Jeff Bezos and Disney’s pact for Capital Cities/ABC were all hatched at Sun Valley. The conference was also the birthplace of some less successful mergers, namely AOL’s disastrous marriage to Time Warner.
In recent years, as technology and streaming have upended the traditional entertainment business, the biggest stars at Sun Valley have hailed from Silicon Valley.
- 5/29/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Dude, you’re getting a penthouse.
Tech mogul Michael Dell, founder of the computer company of the same name, paid $100.47 million for the penthouse of Manhattan’s One57 tower, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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The 10,000-square-foot, two-story apartment is the most expensive home ever sold in New York City and the only one to pass the $100 million mark. The record-breaking transaction closed in 2014, but only had its buyer confirmed by two WSJ sources on Thursday.
Despite the ultra-luxury tower having only been completed in 2014, Dell’s 6-bedroom,...
Tech mogul Michael Dell, founder of the computer company of the same name, paid $100.47 million for the penthouse of Manhattan’s One57 tower, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Related: This Baseball Legend Is Auctioning Off His 24-Acre Mansion with Its Own Diamond
The 10,000-square-foot, two-story apartment is the most expensive home ever sold in New York City and the only one to pass the $100 million mark. The record-breaking transaction closed in 2014, but only had its buyer confirmed by two WSJ sources on Thursday.
Despite the ultra-luxury tower having only been completed in 2014, Dell’s 6-bedroom,...
- 2/23/2018
- by Mackenzie Schmidt
- PEOPLE.com
We’ve seen (and tracked) a lot of jaw-dropping celebrity engagement rings, but Alexa Dell’s is one for the record books.
Dell is the 24-year-old heiress to Dell Technologies and her father, Michael Dell, is the chairman and CEO of the company and has a net worth of $23.7 billion, according to Forbes. She got engaged over the holiday to her boyfriend Harrison Refoua with one gigantic diamond ring.
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Her enormous emerald cut ring is surrounded by smaller diamonds along the edge and sits upon a thin diamond-encrusted band.
Alexa revealed her new...
Dell is the 24-year-old heiress to Dell Technologies and her father, Michael Dell, is the chairman and CEO of the company and has a net worth of $23.7 billion, according to Forbes. She got engaged over the holiday to her boyfriend Harrison Refoua with one gigantic diamond ring.
Related: The Best Celebrity Wedding Dresses of 2017
Her enormous emerald cut ring is surrounded by smaller diamonds along the edge and sits upon a thin diamond-encrusted band.
Alexa revealed her new...
- 12/28/2017
- by Colleen Kratofil
- PEOPLE.com
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