Bill Ackman, Ken Griffin and more to host $200K-per-head Milken Institute events in Hamptons mansions
Billionaires Bill Ackman, Ken Griffin and Julia Koch are reportedly set to open up their respective mansions in the Hamptons to host events for the Milken Institute next week — posh shindigs where attendees pay as much as $200,000 to rub elbows with influential figures from politics, business, tech and journalism.
The events are being described as a boutique version of the annual Milken Institute Global Conference that is traditionally held in Los Angeles and which att🔯racts leaders in finance, government, philanthropy and academia who gather to discuss the burning issues of the day.
The talks and networking events at the Hamptons this year, which will be held starting Thursday through Sunday, will include panel discussions, dinners and receptions as well as a charity tennis 🤪tournament to benefit prostate cancer research, , which obtained copies of invites.
Anyone who wantsꩵ to gain access to all of the events can pay sums startin🔯g at $25,000 for more limited entry.
Full access to all of the panel discussions and dinners costs $200,000, according to the invitations ob꧑tained by Bloomberg News.
The𓆉 Post has sought comment from Griffin, Koch ಌand the Milken Institute. A spokesperson for Ackman declined to comment.
The Milken Institute was founded by Michael Milken, the former investment banker who se🎉rved nearly two years iꦇn prison after pleading guilty to securities fraud and other crimes linked to his u🍌se of insider information while trading junk bonds in the 1980s.
In February 2020, Milken was granted a full pa♌rdon by then-President Donald Trump, which effectively cleared his criminal record.
Since his release from prison in the early 1990s, Milken has turned to philanthropy with a focus on improving global healt🍸h and economic stability through research and policy initiatives.
Earlier this year, Ackman appeared at a Milken Institute event in Los Angeles during which he was confronted by Wall Street executives over his past criticisms of diversity, equity and 🤪inclusion policies (DEI).
Milken is due to give opening remarks before a panel discussion about national security hosted🔯 bဣy Griffin.
Griffin, the billionaire co-founder of hedge fund giant Citadel, is scheduled to interview former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and ⭕retired US Navy Admiral William McRaven.
Ackman, the Pershing Square Capital Management founder who has raised his public profile in recent months with his criticis♍m of American colleges and their handling of Israel-related protests, will interview the presidents of Brown Uniಞversity and the University of Austin, which was co-founded by journalist Bari Weiss.
Koch, the billionaire widꦆow of the late industrialist and prolific political donor David Koch, will host a panel about the impact of social media on mental🧜 health.
Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of Elon Musk’s social media platform X, will appear on a panel devoted to branding, according to Bloomberg News.
Others who are scheduled to appear at the event are former Goldman Sachs executive and Trump administration official Dina Powell McCormick; Go♔ogle Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat; Peter Orszag, the former Obama administration official who is currently CEO of Wall Street asset management firm Lazard; billionaire businessman 🔯Todd Boehly; and former Trump official Linda McMahon.
