According to the WSJ, speakers have been announced for the Bloomberg Business Summit in Chicago. Prominent speakers include: Barry Diller, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Paul Jacobs, Karen Katz, Henry Kravis, George Roberts, Sir Martin Sorrell and John Stumpf.

1. Barry Diller, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Paul
Jacobs, Karen Katz, Henry Kravis,
George Roberts, Sir Martin Sorrell and
John Stumpf among Speakers at
Inaugural Bloomberg Business Summit
in Chicago
Press Release: June 13, 2013
Wall Street Journal

2. In partnership with the City of Chicago and World Business
Chicago, Bloomberg LP will gather business leaders across industries to
discuss vital issues facing multinational corporations in 2014
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2013--
Bloomberg LP, the City of Chicago and World Business Chicago (WBC)
announced today the initial speaker line-up for the first annual Bloomberg
Business Summit to be held on November 20 and 21, 2013, at the Art Institute
of Chicago. The Summit will bring together more than 250 CEOs, senior
executives, public sector officials and thought leaders from around the world
to engage in conversations focused on the challenges, opportunities and
trends facing them in the coming year.
The Summit is presented in partnership with the Mayor's Office of the City of
Chicago and WBC as part of their ongoing engagement with the business
community.

3. More than 40 business leaders from diverse industries are already confirmed
to speak at the Bloomberg Business Summit, including:
•
• Sean Connolly, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Hillshire Brands
Company
• Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive, IAC; Chairman and Senior
Executive, Expedia, Inc.
• The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, Mayor, City of Chicago -- Richard
Gelfond, Chief Executive Officer, The IMAX Corporation
• Daniel R. Hesse, Chief Executive Officer, Sprint Nextel Corporation --
Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Investments, LLC
• Thomas W. Horton, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, AMR
Corporation and American Airlines
• Paul E. Jacobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm
Incorporated
• Karen W. Katz, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Neiman Marcus
Group, Inc.
• Donald R. Knauss, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Clorox
Company

4. • Henry Kravis, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive
Officer, KKR & Co. L.P.
• Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Former United States Secretary of the Treasury;
Chairman, The Paulson Institute, University of Chicago
• George Roberts, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive
Officer, KKR & Co. L.P.
• Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer, WPP Group –
• John G. Stumpf, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wells
Fargo & Company
• Gregory D. Wasson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Walgreen
Company

5. The Summit is part of "2014: The Year Ahead," a new Bloomberg Franchise
powered by proprietary data, analysis and rankings. This unique
research, called the Bloomberg Matrix, examines issues cutting across 55
industries, inspiring a special issue of Bloomberg Businessweek and driving
conversation at the event.
"By the end of November, leaders in business, technology, finance, and
government will be making critical decisions about their business plans for
2014," said Norman Pearlstine, Chairman, Bloomberg Businessweek, and
Chief Content Officer, Bloomberg LP. "At the Bloomberg Business Summit, C-
level leaders will get an early glimpse at the agenda-setting trends that will
prevail in 2014. They can test their assumptions with their peers, and generate
new ideas through discussions with the world's foremost thought leaders. We
are confident 'The Year Ahead' franchise -- with its Summit, unique analytics
and incisive editorial -- will become an indispensable resource to corporate
decision-makers."
Updates on the Bloomberg Business Summit, including program, speaker, and
partner details, may be found here: http://go.bloomberg.com/bsummit/

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CONTACT: Bloomberg LP Rachel Nagler, 212-617-7187
rnagler@bloomberg.net
or
Mayor's Press Office
312-744-3334
press@cityofchicago.org
SOURCE: Bloomberg Copyright Business Wire 2013