Semafor World Economy Principals reflect an international community of founders, investors, operators, policy innovators, and reformers.

Co-Chairs

Kenneth C. Griffin 

Founder & CEO,
Citadel

Henry R. Kravis

Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman, KKR

Penny S. Pritzker

Former US Secretary
of Commerce

David M. Rubenstein

Co-Founder & Co-Chairman, 

The Carlyle Group

Featured Speakers

Howard Lutnick

Secretary of Commerce, US Department of Commerce

Ken Griffin

Founder & CEO, Citadel

John Kerry

Former Secretary Of State & Co-Chair, Galvanize

Reid Hoffman

Co-Founder, LinkedIn & Manas AI

Gina Raimondo

40th US Secretary of Commerce

Jens Stoltenberg

Minister of Finance, Former Secretary General of NATO, Norway

Jack Clark

Co-Founder & Head Of Public Benefit, Anthropic PBC

Valdis Dombrovskis

Commissioner For Economy & Productivity, Implementation & Simplification, European Commission

David Rubenstein

Co-Founder & Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group

Todd Young

Senator, R-Ind.

Anne Wojcicki

Founder & CEO, 23andMe Research Institute

Kevin Hassett

Director, National Economic Council

Maria Luìs Albuquerque 

Commissioner For Financial Services & The Savings & Investments Union, European Union

Rene Haas

CEO, Arm Holdings

Mark Kelly

Senator, D-Ariz

Steve Daines

Senator, R-Mont.

Amy Howe

CEO, FanDuel

Divesh Makan

Founding Partner, ICONIQ

Peter Orszag

Chairman & CEO, Lazard

Jenny Johnson

CEO, Franklin Templeton

Thasunda Brown Duckett

President & CEO, TIAA

Kyriakos Pierrakakis

Minister of Economy & Finance, Greece, President of the Eurogroup

Carlos Cuerpo

Minister Of Economy, Trade & Business, Spain

Chuck Robbins

Chairman & CEO, Cisco

Michelle Gass

President & CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.

Mark Warner

Senator, D-VA

Patrick Pouyanné

Chairman & CEO, TotalEnergies

David Ricks

Chair & CEO, Lilly

Joanna Geraghty

CEO, JetBlue

François Villeroy De Galhau

Governor, Bank Of France