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SALT Conference Overview
Previous Keynote & Featured Speakers
The SALT Conference is committed to facilitating balanced discussions and debates on macroeconomic trends, geo-political events and investment opportunities for the year ahead. With over
1,800 thought leaders, public policy officials, business professionals, and investors from over 42
countries and 6 continents, the SALT Conference provides an unmatched opportunity for attendees
from around the world to connect with global leaders and network with industry peers.
President George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
President Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States; Founder, The Clinton Foundation
President Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic (2007-2012)
Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Prime Minister, Israel (1999-2001)
Prime Minister Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (1997-2007)
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (2007-2010);
Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997-2007)
Timothy Geithner, 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury
Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States & Nobel Laureate
Michael Milken, Chairman, The Milken Institute
Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska (2006-2009)
Governor Mitt Romney, Massachusetts (2003-2007)
Jean-Claude Trichet, Former President of the ECB (2003 -2011) & Former Governor Banque de France
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret), U.S. Secretary of State (2001-2005) and Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff (1989-1993)
Mike Krzyzewski, Head Coach, Duke Men's Basketball & Hall of Famer
John Lipsky, Former First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (2006-2011)
Secretary Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, CIA (2009-2011) & CoFounder, Panetta Institute for Public Policy
Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University
Jin Liqun, Former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, CIC
Al Pacino, Actor
T. Boone Pickens, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, BP Capital
Nouriel Roubini, Co-Founder & Chairman, Roubini Global Economics
Jeremy Siegel, Professor of Finance, The Wharton School
Oliver Stone, Writer & Director
Nassim Taleb, New York Times Bestselling Author, "The Black Swan" & Distinguished Scientific
Advisor, Universa Investments
Steve Wynn, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Wynn Resorts
Sam Zell, Chairman, Equity Group Investments
Steven A. Cohen, Chairman & CEO, S.A.C. Capital Advisors, L.P.
James G. Dinan, Founder, Chairman & CEO, York Capital Management
Glenn Dubin, Co-Founder & CEO, Highbridge Capital Management
Israel Englander, Founder & Managing Member, Millennium Management
Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Citadel
Marc Lasry, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, Avenue Capital Group
Daniel S. Loeb, Founder, Third Point LLC
Michael E. Novogratz, Principal & Director, Fortress Investment Group
John Paulson, President & Portfolio Manager, Paulson & Co. Inc.
Paul Singer, Founder, CEO, & Co-CIO, Elliott Management Corporation
Hosted by SkyBridge Capital, the SALT Conference is held semi-annually, with its flagship
symposium taking place each May in Las Vegas in the United States and its global event taking
place in early fall in Asia.
SALT Conference at a Glance
Host: SkyBridge Capital
Venue: Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV
Date: May 13, 2014 – May 16, 2014
Investor: Manager Ratio: 2:1
Target Attendee Breakdown:
Institutional Investor
10%
5% 5%
18%
Family Office
Asset Allocator
20%
27%
15%
Investment Manager
Service Provider
Media
Other
Previous SALT Attendees
AIG Investments
Aksia
Albourne
Angelo Gordon
AON Hewitt
Arden Asset Management LLC
Avenue Capital Group
Axonic Capital LLC
Bank Julius Baer
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of Singapore
Barclays
Binghamton University Foundation
BlackRock
Blackstone
BNP Paribas
Booz Allen Hamilton
Brevan Howard
Bridgewater Associates
Brown University
Cal State Northridge Foundation
California Institute of Technology
CalSTRS
Caltech
Cambridge Associates
Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board
Canterbury Consulting
Caresuper
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Challenger Limited
China Investment Corporation
Citadel
Citigroup
City of Milwaukee Employees' Retirement System
City of New York
Cliffwater LLC
CME Group
College of William & Mary Fund
Cornell University
Credit Suisse
CTC Consulting
Deutsche Bank
Dubai International Financial Centre Authority
duPont Trust
Dymon Asia Capital
Emory University
Fidelity Investments
Ford Foundation
Fort Worth Employees' Retirement Fund
Fortress Investment Group, LLC
Franklin Templeton Investments
FRM
Fullerton Fund Management
GE Asset Management
GenSpring Family Offices
Genting Berhad
GIC Asset Management Pte Ltd
GoldenTree Asset Management, LP
Goldman Sachs
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
Government Pension Fund, Thailand
Grosvenor Capital Management
Harvard Management Company
Hermes Investment Management (HIML)
Hirtle Callaghan & Co.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Hong Kong Retirement Schemes Association
Media Highlights
“For many of the people attending what has become the
$2.25 trillion industry's biggest annual event, the
caliber of the panelists … and the chance of discovering
even one new or unusual investment idea were the main
drawing cards”
– Reuters
Houston Municipal Employees Pension System
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HSBC
IBM
Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board
JP Morgan
Julius Baer
K2 Advisors
Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Koch Industries, Inc.
Korea Investment Corporation
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
Larch Lane Advisors LLC
Lion Global Investors Ltd
Lockheed Martin
Lyxor Asset Management Inc.
Man Investments
Maryland Office of The State Treasurer
Mercer
Metacapital Management
MetLife
Ministry of Finance Brunei
Minnesota State Board of Investment
MIT Investment Management Company
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Morgan Stanley
National Pension Service of Korea
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Nomura Asset Management
Northern Trust
OMERS Capital Markets
Oregon State Treasury
PAAMCO
PIMCO
“SkyBridge comes out a winner in Las Vegas”
“Hedge fund heavyweights (and) political luminaries…
SALT didn’t disappoint”
“This four-day event is sure to…move markets”
“The SALT…is an ideas conference, a Wall Street
bacchanal, a power-networking event.”
“A Davos Grows in the Desert”
Paulson & Co. Inc.
Russian Direct Investment Fund
SACRS
SAIL Advisors Limited
Societe Generale
Spider Management Company, LLC
Standard Chartered Bank
State Bank of India
State of New Jersey, Division of Investment
State Street
Temasek International Pte Ltd
The Blackstone Group
The California Endowment
The Carlyle Group
The Children's Investment Fund
The D. E. Shaw Group
The Johnson Company, Inc.
Third Point LLC
Tiger Management
Tokio Marine Asset Management International
Tudor
UBS
University of Rhode Island
University of Richmond
UOB Global Capital
Value Partners
Virginia Tech Foundation
Wells Fargo
Wilshire Associates
Woori Investment & Securities
World Bank Group
Wyoming Retirement Systems
York Capital Management
…and hundreds more.
“(SALT) has become a sort of Davos for the hedge-fund
world…”
“It is also a matchmaking service, with funds peddling
their services to the world’s richest investors, and the
world’s richest investors seeking out the next superstar
manager.”
– NY Times
“SALT is the Super Bowl hedge fund Conference”