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What We Know About the Ultra-Private Sun Valley Conference Host

Outside of its annual conference, the firm—which doesn't even have a website—maintains a mysteriously low profile.

The 2026 Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference, dubbed the annual “summer camp for billionaires,” will kick off in the mountain resort of Sun Valley, Idaho, tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7. One of the most closely watched business gatherings of the year, Sun Valley remains highly secretive. Little public knowledge, beyond who might attend and who actually attended, is traditionally available. A handful of photographers are allowed.

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The event’s organizer, Allen & Co., does next to no publicity either about the event or about itself—beyond the fact that a team of extremely well-connected bankers has engineered mega-deals at the star-studded conference for more than 30 years.

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