Elon Musk, Bob Iger, Rupert Murdoch and Sons Topline Allen & Co.’s Sun Valley Media Conference Guest List

Les Moonves, Philippe Dauman, Ted Sarandos, Harvey Weinstein and John Malone are also among the heavy hitters

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Tesla founder Elon Musk, Disney chief Bob Iger, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and sons are among the big-name guests invited to Allen & Co.’s annual Sun Valley conference.

The impressive Hollywood group also includes CBS CEO Les Moonves, Viacom Chairman Philippe Dauman, the Weinstein Co.’s Harvey Weinstein, Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, Disney CFO Thomas Staggs, Liberty Media’s John Malone, NBCUniversal boss Steve Burke, Paramount chief Brad Grey and Time Warner Inc.’s Jeff Bewkes.

In addition to Murdoch’s sons, James and Lachlan, outgoing 21st Century Fox COO Chase Carey is also expected to attend. The Murdoch brothers are taking control of 21st Century next month, as previously reported.

AOL chief Tim Armstrong, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Dropbox founder Drew Houston, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Garrett Hoffman are also on the guest list for the event.

The Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference is an annual media finance conference hosted by the titular private investment firm. The weeklong conference, featuring business leaders, politicians and philanthropists, has taken place in Sun Valley, Idaho, every July since 1983. Allen & Company was formed in 1922, and is located in New York and London.

Variety first reported most of this list. Bloomberg originally reported Musk’s invite.

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