2025 Forbes Iconoclast Summit: Pitches from Griffin, Lasry, Chanos, Fink, Ackman, Erdoes, And More

HFA Staff

Published onJune 9, 2025

Forbes is set to host the 2025 Forbes Iconoclast Summit on June 5, 2025, in New York City. The event now in its forth year brings together a powerhouse roster of business leaders, top fund managers, policymakers, and cultural icons including Jim Chanos, Marc Lasry, Larry Fink, Ken Griffin, Bill Ackman, Mary Callahan Erdoes and Alex Rodriguez. We will be covering this top alternatives conference, so keep checking this page for real-time updates, key takeaways, and full analysis.

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UPDATE: 6/9/2025 2:00PM EST – Our entire 53 page report on the 2025 Forbes Iconoclast Summit can be found at the very bottom of this page in both plain vanilla and interactive PDF format. We hope you enjoy!

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2025 Forbes Iconoclast Summit Coverage

2025 Forbes Iconoclast Summit Speakers

Jim Chanos, Founder & Managing Partner, Chanos & Company
Bill Ackman, Founder & CEO, Pershing Square
Larry Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock
Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder & CEO, Citadel
Todd Boehly, Cofounder, Chairman & CEO, Eldridge Industries
Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management
Alex Rodriguez, Chairman & CEO, A-Rod Corp
Baroness Dambisa Moyo, Member, United Kingdom’s House of Lords and Co-Principal of Versaca, a family office
Eric Wilmes, President and Head of Private Equity, Americas, GIC
Alex Clavel, CEO, SoftBank Vision Funds
Bela Bajaria, Chief Content Officer, Netflix
Clara Wu Tsai, Owner of the 2024 WNBA Champions New York Liberty and the Brooklyn Nets
Alexis Ohanian, Founder & General Partner, Seven Seven Six; Founding Control Owner, Angel City FC, Los Angeles Golf Club, and ATHLOS
Gregory Fleming, President & CEO, Rockefeller Capital Management
Michael Anders, Founding Partner, ICONIQ Capital
Mark Shapiro, President & COO, TKO; President & Managing Partner, WME Group
Karlie Kloss, Supermodel, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist
Maneet Ahuja, Editor-at-Large & Founder, Iconoclast, Forbes
Phoebe Gates, Cofounder, Phia, Activist and Philanthropist
Marc Lasry, Cofounder, Chairman & CEO, Avenue Capital Group
Lynn Martin, President, NYSE Group
Beth Ferreira, General Partner, Serena Ventures
Alex Spiro, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Sonia Gardner, President, Managing Partner and Cofounder, Avenue Capital Group
Michal Katz, Head of Investment & Corporate Banking, Mizuho Americas
Ankur Jain, Founder & CEO, Bilt Rewards
Brett Thomas, Cofounder & Managing Partner, CAVU Consumer Partners
Dame Ida Liu, Former Global Head, Citi Private Bank
Jason Wright, Project Level Managing Partner and Head of Investments, Ariel Investments
Kareem Zaki, General Partner, Thrive Capital
Waynn Wu, Chief Strategy Officer, Philip Morris International and President, PM Equity Partner
Bradley Tusk, CEO & Founder, Tusk Ventures
Sander Gerber, CEO & CIO, Hudson Bay Capital
Adam Katz, Partner and Head of Entrepreneurs and Founders Practice Group, Corient
Victor Khosla, CIO, Strategic Value Partners
Jake Sloan, Cofounder, ZBS Partners
Randall Lane, Chief Content Officer & Under 30 Founder, Forbes
Sherry Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, Forbes
Steve Forbes, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes
Moira Forbes, President and Publisher, ForbesWomen & Executive Vice President, Forbes
Luisa Kroll, Executive Editor, Forbes
Matt Schifrin, VP & Executive Editor, Money & Markets, Forbes
Ali Jackson-Jolley, Assistant Managing Editor, Forbes
Jabari Young, Senior Writer & ForbesBLK Editorial Lead, Forbes
Katharine Schwab, Assistant Managing Editor, Tech & Innovation, Forbes

Also check our coverage of the 2025 Sohn Montreal Conference and the 2025 Sohn Hong Kong Conference here.

2025 Forbes Iconoclast Summit Agenda

9:00 AM – Opening Remarks
- Maneet Ahuja
- Randall Lane
9:05 AM – Global Opportunities: Tariffs, Trade and Beyond
- Ken Griffin
- Maneet Ahuja
9:30 AM – Navigating US Investment
- Mary Callahan Erdoes
- Alex Clavel
- Eric Wilmes
- Moira Forbes
10:00 AM – Lessons in Leadership: A Peer-To-Peer Conversation
- Larry Fink
- Greg Fleming
10:30 AM – Building Winning Teams
- Marc Lasry
- Alex Rodriguez
- Clara Wu Tsai
- Randall Lane
11:20 AM – Culture Capitalists: Staying Ahead of the Curve
- Ankur Jain
- Adam Katz
- Jason Wright
- Ali Jackson-Jolley
11:40 AM – The Boardroom Psyche: Corporate America’s Response to the Economic Landscape
- Michal Katz
- Baroness Dambisa Moyo
- Alex Spiro
- Sherry Phillips
12:00 PM – The Activist Perspective
- Bill Ackman
- Steve Forbes
2:00 PM – The Next Era of Women’s Sports
- Alexis Ohanian
- Midge Purce
- Randall Lane
2:20 PM – Best Ideas: The Next Opportunity in Credit
- Victor Khosla
- Matt Schrifin
2:30 PM – Playing The Long Game: Investing in an Unpredictable World
- Sonia Gardner
- Dame Ida Liu
- Lynn Martin
- Luisa Kroll
2:50 PM – Best Ideas: The Geopolitical Play
- Sander Gerber
- Matt Schrifin
3:00 PM – Beyond the Buzz: Where Is AI Delivering ROI?
- Michael Anders
- Jake Sloane
- Bradley Tusk
- Kareem Zaki
- Katharine Schwab
3:25 PM – Best Ideas: The Next Big Short
- Jim Chanos
- Matt Schrifin
3:35 PM – Global Venture Capital Signals and Sectors: Who’s Investing Where And Why?
- Beth Ferreira
- Brett Thomas
- Waynn Wu
- Jabari Young
4:10 PM – The Great Content Convergence: Shaping the Future of Global Entertainment
- Bela Bajaria
- Mark Shapiro
- Maneet Ahuja
4:35 PM – The Business of Building Empires
- Phoebe Gates
- Karlie Kloss
- Moira Forbes
5:00 PM – Seizing Opportunities in a Dynamic Market
- Todd Boehly
- Maneet Ahuja