The New York Times has revealed the lineup for the 2025 DealBook Summit taking place on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. The live journalism event will be hosted by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Times columnist and DealBook founder and editor at large, and will feature wide-ranging interviews on the most important stories across business, politics and culture. Andrew is also the author of the new book “1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History — and How It Shattered a Nation.”
This year’s mainstage lineup includes:
- Dario Amodei, co-founder and C.E.O. of Anthropic
- Brian Armstrong, C.E.O. of Coinbase
- Mary Barra, chair and C.E.O. of General Motors
- Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury secretary
- Halle Berry, founder of Respin Health, filmmaker and advocate
- Jimmy Donaldson, MrBeast, creator, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- David Ellison, chairman and C.E.O. of Paramount Skydance Corporation
- Larry Fink, chairman and C.E.O. of BlackRock
- Jeff Housenbold, C.E.O. of Beast Industries
- Alex Karp, co-founder and C.E.O. of Palantir
- Erika Kirk, C.E.O. and chair of the board of Turning Point USA
- Gavin Newsom, governor of California
“The world is rapidly changing and we’re here to make sense of it all with some of the most consequential leaders at the forefront of these changes,” Andrew said. “I’m thrilled to present another day of unguarded live journalism and to give our audience a better understanding of this moment in time.”
Guests will have the opportunity to connect directly with leaders reshaping industries from technology and finance to education and the arts at the Groundbreakers Lunch. This year’s groundbreakers include:
- Stacey Abrams, author, entrepreneur and political leader
- Bill Anderson, C.E.O. of Bayer
- Mark Barrocas, C.E.O. of SharkNinja
- Halle Berry, founder of Respin Health, filmmaker and advocate
- Mario Carbone, chef and co-founder of Major Food Group and Carbone Fine Food
- James Carville, Democratic strategist
- Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, chairman and C.E.O. of Revolution
- Ron Chernow, author and historian
- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., vice provost of Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania
- Jon Finer, former deputy U.S. national security adviser and co-host of “The Long Game”
- Amanda Gorman, presidential inaugural poet, activist and UNICEF supporter
- Lucy Guo, founder and C.E.O. of Passes
- Karine Jean-Pierre, author and former White House press secretary to President Joe Biden
- Ashley Judd, actor, author and humanitarian
- Garry Kasparov, chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative, Russian pro-democracy activist and former world chess champion
- Paula Kerger, president and C.E.O. of PBS
- Monica Lewinsky, activist, producer, podcast host, global speaker and contributing editor to Vanity Fair
- J. Michael Luttig, former U.S. Court of Appeals judge
- Lynn Martin, president of the NYSE Group
- Kevin McCarthy, 55th speaker of the House and chairman of ALFA Institute
- Pete Nordstrom, co-C.E.O. of Nordstrom Inc.
- Michael Nyenhuis, president and C.E.O. of UNICEF USA
- Kevin Plank, founder and C.E.O. of Under Armour
- Bill Ready, C.E.O. of Pinterest
- Dan Senor, author of “Start-Up Nation” and host of the “Call Me Back” Podcast
- Ryan Serhant, founder and C.E.O. of SERHANT
- Steve Stoute, founder and C.E.O. of UnitedMasters
- Jake Sullivan, former U.S. national security adviser and co-host of “The Long Game”
- Hillary Super, C.E.O. of Victoria’s Secret & Co.
- Hemant Taneja, C.E.O. of General Catalyst
- Gary Vaynerchuk, chairman of VaynerX
- Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal
The Summit will also feature a series of task force conversations with experts, stakeholders and leaders talking through topics shaping the world at large. While the task forces are not open to attendees, watch for a special section in The Times and tune in to the DealBook podcast in the days following the Summit for a look inside the discussions. This year’s task forces include:
The Global Re-Order moderated by Nicholas Kristof, Times Opinion columnist, and featuring:
- Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel
- Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware and member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Dr. Mark T. Esper, former U.S. secretary of defense
- Avril Haines, former U.S. director of national intelligence
- David H. Petraeus, partner and chairman of the Global Institute; chairman of KKR Middle East Global Institute New York and former director of the C.I.A.
- Fareed Zakaria, host of “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on CNN
The Education of Higher Education moderated by Jodi Kantor, Times investigative reporter, and featuring:
- Carmen Twillie Ambar, president of Oberlin College and Conservatory
- Sian Leah Beilock, president of Dartmouth
- Ron Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University
- Daniel Diermeier, chancellor of Vanderbilt University
- James Harris, president of the University of San Diego
- John B. King, chancellor of the State University of New York and former U.S. secretary of education
- Jonathan Levin, president of Stanford University
The New Rules for Leadership moderated by David Brooks, Times Opinion columnist, and featuring:
- Alex Chriss, C.E.O. of PayPal
- Beth Ford, president and C.E.O. of Land O’Lakes Inc.
- Bob Jordan, president and C.E.O. of Southwest Airlines
- Ynon Kreiz, chairman and C.E.O. of Mattel
- Pete Nordstrom, co-C.E.O. of Nordstrom
- Emma Walmsley, C.E.O. of GlaxoSmithKline
Journalism, Interrupted moderated by Michael Barbaro, Times journalist and co-host of “The Daily,” and featuring:
- Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of “The Breakfast Club” and co-founder of The Black Effect
- Jon Favreau, co-founder of Crooked Media and host of “Pod Save America”
- Amna Nawaz, co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS “NewsHour”
- David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and host of “The New Yorker Radio Hour”
- Stephanie Ruhle, host of MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle”
- Andrew Schulz, host of “The Brilliant Idiots” and “Flagrant” with Akaash Singh
- Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire and host of “The Ben Shapiro Show”
Select mainstage interviews will be streamed live on nytimes.com. All mainstage interviews will be made available to the public on YouTube in the days following the Summit.
