America's top executives and policy-makers to convene at Whitney Museum of American Art

NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2015 - The New York Times announces its 2015 DealBook Conference will feature some of the world's leading CEOs, global leaders in finance and renowned experts in diverse industries from institutions including:

Affirm, Inc., BlackRock, The Coca-Cola Company, Columbia Business School, Duquesne Capital Management, Gagosian Gallery, IBM and Netflix.

The conference will be hosted by New York Times editors and led by Andrew Ross Sorkin, DealBook founder and New York Times columnist and editor at large, on Nov. 3 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, which opened the doors to its new Renzo Piano-designed location in downtown Manhattan earlier this year.

The exclusive one-day event will convene visionary leaders who exemplify what it takes to plan beyond the immediate political climate, quarterly returns and shareholder pressures for success in the long term. Expert participants include:

  • Modupe Akinola - assistant professor of management, Columbia Business School
  • Stanley F. Druckenmiller - founder, Duquesne Capital Management
  • Laurence D. Fink - CEO, BlackRock
  • Larry Gagosian - art dealer; owner, Gagosian Gallery
  • Reed Hastings - founder and CEO, Netflix
  • Muhtar Kent - CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
  • Max Levchin - Co-founder and CEO, Affirm, Inc.
  • Ginni Rometty - CEO, IBM

Follow @andrewrsorkin and @dealbook for the latest news and exclusives.

Additional DealBook Conference speakers and programming will be announced @NYTLive.

Global asset manager OppenheimerFunds is presenting sponsor of the 2015 DealBook Conference. OppenheimerFunds and its subsidiaries manage $220B in assets serving clients who range from endowments and sovereigns to financial advisors helping individual investors. Founded in 1959, OppenheimerFunds strives to make global connections, look to the long term, take intelligent risks and invest with proven teams: The Right Way to Invest.

Palo Alto Networks is a gold sponsor of this year's DealBook Conference.

About The New York Times Company

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