The New York Times today revealed the lineup for the 2026 DealBook Summit taking place on Nov. 18 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Andrew Ross Sorkin, Times columnist and DealBook founder and editor at large, will lead a day of unguarded interviews with the newsmakers shaping our world.
This year's mainstage lineup includes:
- J.D. Vance, vice president of the United States of America
- Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada
- Sam Altman, co-founder and C.E.O. of OpenAI
- Hailey Bieber, founder, C.C.O. and head of innovation of rhode, strategic advisor to e.l.f. Beauty
- Greg Brockman, co-founder and president of OpenAI
- Shayne Coplan, C.E.O. of Polymarket
- David Ellison, chairman and C.E.O. of Skydance
- Adena Friedman, chair and C.E.O. of NASDAQ
- Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank
- Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries
- Zohran Kwame Mamdani, 112th mayor of New York City
- Elon Musk, founder, C.E.O. and chief engineer of SpaceX and C.E.O. of Tesla
- Satya Nadella, chairman and C.E.O. of Microsoft
- Vlad Tenev, chairman and C.E.O. of Robinhood
This month marks 25 years since Andrew founded the DealBook franchise. It has since grown into a multi-platform operation anchored by an agenda-setting daily newsletter and premier summit where global news is made live on stage.
"Twenty-five years ago, we started DealBook with a simple idea: to understand the world, you have to understand the people making the decisions that shape it," Andrew said. "The Summit brings that mission to life - putting the most influential people in business, politics and culture on stage for candid conversations about the issues that matter most."
The Summit will also feature a series of task force conversations with experts, stakeholders and leaders discussing 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:
2026 Midterm Elections and a Look Toward 2028 moderated by Times White House Reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, and featuring:
- Stacey Abrams, author, entrepreneur and political leader
- David Axelrod, founding director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, CNN senior political commentator
- Alyssa Farah Griffin, co-host of ABC's "The View" and CNN political contributor
- Melat Kiros, Democratic nominee running for Colorado's First Congressional District
- Nancy Mace,Republican representing South Carolina's First Congressional District
- Dan Senor, host of the "Call Me Back" podcast
Artificial Intelligence and the A.G.I. Horizon moderated by Michael Barbaro, co-host of "The Daily," and featuring:
- Jack Clark, co-founder and head of Public Benefit at Anthropic
- Dan Hendrycks, executive director of the Center for A.I. Safety
- Lila Ibrahim, chief A.I. readiness officer at Google DeepMind
- Ro Khanna, Democrat representing California's 17th Congressional District
- Mati Staniszewski, C.E.O. of ElevenLabs
- Jason Zander, E.V.P. of Microsoft Discovery and Quantum
Can You Make America Healthy Again? moderated by Lulu Garcia-Navarro, co-host of "The Interview," and featuring:
- Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., president of the National Academy of Medicine
- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., vice provost for Global Initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University professor at the University of Pennsylvania
- Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., distinguished university professor, Georgetown University School of Medicine and McCourt School of Public Policy
- Jon LaPook, M.D., chief medical correspondent at CBS News, professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Health
- Vivek Murthy, M.D., 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States
- Tara Narula, M.D., chief medical correspondent at ABC News
The Future of Work and Purpose moderated by Jodi Kantor, Times investigative reporter, and featuring:
- Ken Frazier, chairman of Health Assurance Initiatives at General Catalyst, former chairman and C.E.O. of Merck
- Emma Grede, founder, serial entrepreneur, author and host of the "Aspire with Emma Grede" podcast
- Chloe Malle, head of Editorial Content at Vogue US
- Mike Rowe, C.E.O. of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation
Guests will have the opportunity to connect directly with leaders reshaping industries from tech and policy to media and sports at the Groundbreakers Lunch. This year's groundbreakers include:
- David Adelman, C.E.O. and founder of Darco Capital; co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils
- David Axelrod, founding director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, CNN senior political commentator
- J.T. Batson, C.E.O. of U.S. Soccer
- Brian Baumgartner, actor and author
- Michael Beschloss, presidential historian
- Sophia Bush, actress, activist, author and producer
- Jack Clark, co-founder and head of Public Benefit at Anthropic
- Stéphane de La Faverie, president and C.E.O. of The Estée Lauder Companies
- Emma Grede, founder, serial entrepreneur, author and host of the "Aspire with Emma Grede" podcast
- Matan Grinberg, CEO & co-founder of Factory.ai
- Max Hodak, co-founder and C.E.O. of the Science Corporation
- Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., neurobiologist at Stanford and host of "Huberman Lab"
- Valerie Jarrett, C.E.O. of The Obama Foundation
- Van Jones, CNN host, founder of DreamMachine.org and author
- John Kerry, 68th secretary of state of the United States and co-chair of Galvanize
- Bill Kramer, C.E.O. of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Kyle Lowry, former professional basketball player and media analyst
- Joe Manchin, former U.S. senator and governor of West Virginia
- Hamish McKenzie, co-founder and chief writing officer of Substack
- Ari Melber, host of "The Beat with Ari Melber" and MS NOW chief legal reporter
- Danny Meyer, executive chairman and founder of Union Square Hospitality Group, founder of Shake Shack
- Dambisa Moyo, member of House of Lords, co-principal of Versaca Investments, global economist, author and board member
- Mick Mulvaney, former White House chief of staff and budget director
- Prince Reza Pahlavi, leader of the Iranian Democratic Opposition
- Paulina Porizkova, Estée Lauder global brand ambassador
- Meg Ryan, actress & director
- Anthony Scaramucci, financier, author, podcaster and former White House communications director
- Ben Silverman, chairman and co-C.E.O. of Propagate Content
- Mati Staniszewski, C.E.O. of ElevenLabs
- Jennifer Tejada, executive chair of PagerDuty
- Brian Williams, host of "We're Back!" with Brian Williams
- Linda Yaccarino, C.E.O. of eMed Population Health
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.
Accenture is the premier sponsor of the 2026 Summit; U.S. Bank, Vanguard, Capital One, Dell Technologies, Genentech and State Street Investment Management Sector ETFs are associate sponsors; Target is a supporting sponsor and Atlassian and Nscale are contributing sponsors.
See here for more information and to apply to attend the summit. Active members of the media can apply for a press pass here.