Apple's Tim Cook and Eddy Cue Attend 2025 Sun Valley Conference

[MacRumors]

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Senior Vice President of Services Eddy Cue are attending the 2025 Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Idaho, joining an exclusive gathering of global leaders from the technology, media, finance, and political sectors (via Fortune).

Held annually each July since 1983 in Sun Valley, Idaho, the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference is a private, invitation-only retreat hosted by the investment bank Allen & Co. The event is widely regarded as a discreet venue where high-level strategic discussions take place, often laying the groundwork for significant industry deals. Historically, major acquisitions such as Disney's 1996 purchase of ABC, Jeff Bezos' 2013 acquisition of The Washington Post, and Verizon's 2017 deal for Yahoo can be traced back to discussions held at Sun Valley.

Tim Cook has been a frequent attendee at the conference over the last two decades. This year, he returns accompanied by Eddy Cue, who oversees Apple's Services division, including Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, the App Store, and Apple TV+.

The week-long conference draws executives, founders, investors, and political figures, offering a setting for informal meetings amid hiking, golfing, and rafting excursions. Attendees include:

• Tim Cook, Apple
• Eddy Cue, Apple
• Sundar Pichai, Google
• Mark Zuckerberg, Meta
• Satya Nadella, Microsoft
• Andy Jassy, Amazon
• Sam Altman, OpenAI
• David Zaslav, Warner Bros. Discovery
• Bob Iger, Disney
• Spencer Neumann, Netflix
• Ted Sarandos, Netflix
• Brian Roberts, Comcast
• Mike Cavanagh, Comcast
• Mary Barra, General Motors
• Hiroki Totoki, Sony
• Ravi Ahuja, Sony
• Daniel Ek, Spotify
• Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber
• Brian Armstrong, Coinbase
• John Donahoe, PayPal
• Tobias Lütke, Shopify
• Neal Mohan, YouTube
• Jim Lanzone, Yahoo
• Jerry Yang, Yahoo
• Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn
• Robert Thomson, News Corp.
• Jeffrey Katzenberg, WndrCo
• Sheryl Sandberg, Meta
• Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard
• Michael Eisner, Disney
• Michael Ovitz, Disney
• Casey Wasserman, Wasserman Media Group
• Barry Diller, IAC and Expedia Group
• Robert Kraft, New England Patriots
• Gayle King, CBS Mornings
• Roland Fryer, Harvard University
• Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund
• Ivanka Trump, former White House advisor
• Jared Kushner, former White House advisor

Cook and Cue's presence comes at a time when Apple is under scrutiny from both political and industry entities, facing competitive pressures in artificial intelligence, supply chain strategy shifts, and ongoing regulatory attention.

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[The-Peanut]

I am sorry what. Ivanka Trump and Kushner?

 

[Taq'aix]

Gayle King? Seriously.. LOL.

 

[fromgophonetoiphone]

I am sorry what. Ivanka Trump and Kushner?

Like it or not they probably wield great influence so it makes sense at least.

 

[Yr Blues]

Conspiracy antennas buzzing.

 

[Robert.Walter]

Oligarchs on parade.

 

[uacd]

Surprised Sam Altman wasn’t invited. Unsurprised Musk isn’t🤣🤣

Upd: Sam is here. My inattentiveness as well🤣

 

[syklee26]

Eddie Cue will steal the event with his new shiny sun beach shirts and add no value whatsoever.

 

[KRiWOLF]

Surprised Sam Altman wasn’t invited. Unsurprised Musk isn’t🤣🤣

Sam Altman ~is~ on the list for this year.. no musk still, lol.

 

[KRiWOLF]

Bobby Kotick -formerly- of Activision-Blizzard.

 

[rew f fwd]

There is a lively discussion about how to extract even more money from consumers without having to deliver anything significant.

 

[klasma]

I hope they are organizing some cage fights.

 

[Ctrlos]

"Only the best will doodle-do."

/Deep cut UK reference

 

[scoony]

I am sorry what. Ivanka Trump and Kushner?

Exactly! I also thought Sheryl Sandberg had left Meta?

 

[Spike1999]

Why isn't Elon Musk on the invite list?

 

[SexExpert]

Why isn't Elon Musk on the invite list?

Because, outside of the craziest corners of X, no one respects or likes Elon Musk. No one wants him there.

 

[Nehalem]

Did Tim have a reminder set to swing by the sports store for new sneakers and a weekend bag?
- Before last minute packing it with some pants, socks and a bathroom stuff?

Or is it more like Apple has a relationship with Nike, so a group on Tim's staff decided he should wear Nike gear:
- And then someone is on the emails to Nike marketing about what they might like to show,
- There's a bit of back-and-forth about Tim's style, and soon there's a FedEx box at Apple HQ,
- It gets packed out with paper and weights to look perfect, shoulder strap neatly draped not twisted,
- Tim arrives at Sun Valley, sees the bag for the first time, already got the shoes, does the walk in
- Tim isn't carrying his own luggage, that's up in the room already.

 

[svish]

Good to know. Not surprised to see Tim. Think he goes every year for the past few years at least.

 

[uacd]

Sam Altman ~is~ on the list for this year.. no musk still, lol.

Lol I didn’t see him, he was right there in the list. Thanks🙂

 

[orbital~debris]

Should the list be titled:

‘Previous attendees have included:’

 

[BigDO]

I like how TRT seems to be a compulsory part of a tech CEO. Even Tim is looking more buff lately.

 

[iMatt.]

That pic of Tim is from last years conference.

But this thing really reminds me of 'The Owl' episode of Billions & there was something similar in Succession I think.

 

[tyranne201]

Oligarchs on parade.

billionary camping

 

[thatguywill]

I like how the picture changed, perhaps because it was the same photo from last year 😂

 

[imamacperson]

Wonder how many of these people have our best interests in mind?