DealBook Summit: Global and Business Leaders Speak at the New York Times Forum

Kamala Harris was elected Vice President of the United States in 2020, after serving as a Senator, Attorney General of California, and District Attorney of San Francisco. Ms Harris is expected to play a crucial role in the 2024 presidential race. She will be tasked with winning over voters concerned about President Biden’s age, pressured by inflation and dismayed by the government policies, including strong support for Israel in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Tsai Ingwen has been president of Taiwan since 2016, after a career as a civil servant and law professor. Ms Tsai has recalibrated relations with the United States and China as rising tensions between the world’s two most powerful countries have put Taiwan at the center of a geopolitical battle. She will step down as president in January at the end of her second term.

Elon Musk oversees some of the world’s largest and most influential technology companies: Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink and X. Musk is the richest man in the world with an estimated net worth of more than $242 billion. He is also a deeply divisive figure. X, formerly known as Twitter, has seen a sharp decline in core advertising revenue since its $44 billion takeover of the company, including a backlash over its endorsement of an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.

Jamie Dimon has been the CEO of JPMorgan Chase since 2006 and chairman since 2007, making him one of Wall Street’s longest-serving banking leaders. This year, he led efforts to broker a rescue deal from the regional banking crisis that culminated in JPMorgan’s acquisition of First Republic.

Jensen Huang founded Nvidia in 1993 and is the company’s president and CEO. The Silicon Valley company has been a pioneer in making chips used in artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT. This year it became the first publicly traded chipmaker to be valued at $1 trillion.

Bob Iger returned as Disney CEO last year after leaving his position in 2020. Long one of the media industry’s most prominent leaders, he led the multibillion-dollar acquisitions of Fox, Marvel and Pixar, cementing Disney’s status as a Hollywood hit factory. But Mr. Iger now faces challenges at the box office, on television properties like ESPN, and on streaming. He also faces criticism from activist investors.

Lina Khan was sworn in two years ago as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, where she has built a reputation in recent years as one of the most active antitrust regulators. She was an associate professor of law at Columbia Law School, but came to prominence long before that, when as a law student she wrote an article about the new antitrust threat posed by tech companies like Amazon, which offer free services to consumers and instead profit from the data they provide. they collect. As head of the FTC, Ms. Khan tested her legal theories in a series of lawsuits, prompting accusations from business groups that she had “radically deviated” from the FTC’s mission.

David Zaslav orchestrated Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia and became CEO of the new company, Warner Bros., last year. Discovery. The deal helped transform his modest cable TV company into an empire that includes the film and TV studios of Warner Bros., HBO and CNN. However, his leadership of the media giant faces significant hurdles, including paying down billions of dollars in debt and managing turmoil at key properties including CNN.

Jay Monahan As commissioner of the PGA Tour, he was confronted with an existential threat: LIV Golf. With the backing of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, the upstart competitor started organizing tournaments last year. But in June, Mr Monahan struck a tentative deal to end the rivalry – and took medical leave days after the announcement rocked the sporting world. This will be one of his first in-depth interviews since his return.

Representative Kevin McCarthyThe California Republican served as speaker of the House of Representatives from January to October, when he was ousted by far-right members of his own party — the first time the House has voted to impeach its leader. Mr. McCarthy finds himself increasingly out of step with parts of the Republican Party and must soon decide whether to run for re-election.

Shonda Rhimes is the CEO of Shondaland and the first woman to create three television dramas – “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice” and “Scandal” – reaching the 100-episode milestone. In 2017, Ms. Rhimes left network television to produce streaming content exclusively for Netflix, and her work covers major political issues including abortion and gun laws.