Every year, the ACG LA Business Conference attracts some of the brightest luminaries from business, politics, media and sports. Following is a sampling of keynote speakers from the past several years:
Sam Zell—Chairman, President and CEO of the Tribune Company
Karl Rove—Political strategist and former White House advisor
Robert Reich—Economist and former Secretary of Labor
Colin Powell—Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter Cronkite—Former CBS news anchor
Michael Milken—Philanthropist, financier and medical research innovator
Steve Wynn—Casino resort developer
Mario Cuomo—Former Governor of New York
Robert Kennedy, Jr.—Environmental attorney, author and professor
Steve Forbes—President and CEO of Forbes magazine
Magic Johnson—Former NBA superstar and developer of inner-city businesses
George Stephanopoulos—Chief Washington correspondent for ABC
Richard D. Parsons—Chairman of CitiGroup, former Chairman and CEO of Time Warner