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The Future of Health 2018
Tanisha Carino, Francis Collins, Diana DeGette, Jim Yong Kim, Michael Milken, Rajiv Shah
At a recent biomedical and economic conference, leaders discussed the transformative $3 billion 21st Century Cures Act and the ambitious "All of Us" program, which aims to recruit one million participants to generate personalized genomic and health data while addressing the opioid crisis through standardized research. Complementing these health initiatives, the World Bank introduced a Human Capital Index to rank nations on health and education outcomes, urging G20 leaders and investors to fund early development and infrastructure to mitigate global risks like automation-driven inequality and obesity-related economic burdens. These strategies collectively emphasize that sustained economic growth and stability depend on treating human capital investment as a critical driver of national sovereignty and future market resilience.
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A Conversation with Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer, a Harvard graduate who left Stanford to join Bill Gates at Microsoft, has applied his strategic leadership and data-driven philosophy to diverse sectors including technology, philanthropy, and sports. He founded USAFacts.org to provide nonpartisan government data that holds officials accountable and aims to improve economic mobility, while simultaneously revitalizing the LA Clippers with a focus on championship performance and operational transparency. Ballmer's approach consistently emphasizes the necessity of high performance, clear vision, and measurable outcomes across all his current ventures.
- Milken Institute57 min
Pt. 1 A Conversation with Steve Ballmer Pt. 2 California's Future Economy
Steve Ballmer, Michael Milken, Kevin Klowden, Kevin Demoff, Charles Harrington, Paul Markovich, Betty Yee
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer applies his "great ideas" and performance-driven leadership philosophy to his current ventures, including his 2014 acquisition of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers and his nonpartisan USAFacts initiative. This event details Ballmer's strategic focus on winning championships, his "venture capital philanthropy" for early childhood education, and his data-driven approach to government accountability. The discussion culminates in a broader panel on California's economic future, where experts examine the threats of automation, healthcare inflation, and cybersecurity to sustainable workforce growth and public sector reform.
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A Conversation with PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi
Indra Nooyi, Michael Milken, Andrew, Mike
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi transformed the beverage and snack giant through "Performance with Purpose," a strategy that integrated social and environmental sustainability into core operations while shifting the revenue portfolio toward healthier product lines. This cultural overhaul was driven by scientific leadership under Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Mahmood Khan and reinforced by tying executive compensation to specific nutritional and environmental goals. Nooyi further extended the company's impact by forging partnerships with healthcare institutions to improve access for underserved veterans and advocating for systemic policy changes to address chronic disease and nutritional equity.
- Milken Institute48 min
A Conversation with FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
Scott Gottlieb, Michael Milken, Indra Nooyi
This summit convened experts and FDA leadership to address critical public health challenges, including the link between sleep deprivation and obesity, the scaling of screen time interventions, and the opioid epidemic. Regulatory strategies were detailed for reducing opioid exposure through shorter prescription durations, while new tobacco policies aim to minimize nicotine addiction in combustible products and regulate youth-targeted vaping technologies. Additionally, the discussion covered FDA responses to supply chain disruptions in Puerto Rico following a hurricane and the development of regulatory frameworks for emerging digital health and artificial intelligence tools.
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A Conversation with Ray Dalio and Michael Milken
Ray Dalio outlines his journey from a 1960s caddie to the architect of Bridgewater's "idea meritocracy," a philosophy forged after a costly 1982 sovereign debt mistake forced him to prioritize objective disagreement over ego. Drawing on historical cycles like the 1974 market crash and 1937 recession, Dalio warns of current parallels in wealth disparity and pension funding gaps while critiquing Bitcoin as a speculative bubble despite China's engineering strengths. His analysis concludes that future economic resilience depends on radical transparency, automation-ready skills, and recognizing that sustainable wealth is a byproduct of value creation rather than an end goal.
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A Conversation with the 47th Vice President of the United States Joe Biden
Joe Biden, Michael Milken, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Dr. Neil Cassell
The event details the clinical expansion of focused ultrasound from three to over 80 indications for treating conditions like Parkinson's and tumors, while highlighting the Biden Cancer Initiative's structural reforms to break research silos and secure $6.8 billion in funding through bipartisan legislation. Key outcomes include the creation of a "jukebox" model for clinical trials, the establishment of a global data-sharing network, and the founding of a non-profit organization to sustain these advancements. Vice President Biden attributes these policy shifts to personal resilience following the death of his son and emphasizes a strategy of cross-party collaboration to transform cancer care into a manageable, long-term discipline.
- Milken Institute1h 5m
Space Travel: From Mars to the Stars
Michael Milken, Buzz Aldrin, Daniel Goldin, Mae Jemison, Yuri Milner
Panelists including Buzz Aldrin, Dan Goldin, and May Yi outline a strategic roadmap for human expansion from the Moon to the stars, featuring Aldrin's 2039 Mars colonization plan and Breakthrough Starshot's billion-dollar interstellar probe initiative. The discussion emphasizes a collaborative framework where private sector funding drives high-risk exploration while governments support infrastructure, aiming to solve technical hurdles like relativistic sail integrity and biological survival for deep space travel. Ultimately, the experts argue that pursuing audacious goals like interstellar flight is essential to galvanize global innovation, ensuring the long-term survival of the human species by expanding beyond Earth's carrying capacity.
- Milken Institute36 min
MIc'd Up | Part 2: Jim Yong Kim in Conversation with Michael Milken
Former World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, the first Asian American leader of an Ivy League school and co-founder of Partners in Health, outlines a strategy to transform the institution into a financial facilitator that aligns private capital returns with global development goals. He highlights the critical need to adapt to the fourth industrial revolution by training emerging market experts to deploy capital markets for poverty reduction while navigating automation challenges in Africa. Kim concludes by emphasizing the necessity of aggressive capital market application to solve extreme poverty and announces his impending departure to continue advocating for this integration of finance and opportunity.
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A Conversation with the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush
George W. Bush, Michael Milken
Former President George W. Bush discusses the Bush Institute's multifaceted mission, highlighting the enduring legacy of PEPFAR in reducing global HIV transmission and the organization's contemporary focus on leadership development through the Presidential Leadership Scholars program. The dialogue further addresses critical domestic policy priorities, including education reform grounded in accountability, the economic necessity of immigration reform, and veteran support initiatives designed to mitigate post-traumatic stress. Throughout the exchange, these initiatives are framed as strategic imperatives for national security, extending from the treatment of HIV in Namibia to the diplomatic assessment of Russian leadership.
- Milken Institute1h 10m
2016 CA Summit - A Hard Sixth: Keeping California Strong in a Competitive Global Economy
Michael Milken, Kevin de León, Scott Minerd, Gabriel Petek, Marcus Thygeson, Mimi Walters
California leverages its status as the world's fifth-largest economy to drive global bioscience innovation and secure over 60% of U.S. venture capital, despite facing acute fiscal volatility and a $74 billion in retiree health liabilities. Key figures including Senator Kevin de Leon and Representative Mimi Walters debated strategies to balance aggressive clean energy investments with necessary corporate tax reforms to reverse manufacturing decline and resident outflows. Future growth hinges on democratizing access to education and early childhood programs while shifting pension portfolios toward infrastructure to sustain the state's demographic precarity and high cost of living.
- Milken Institute1h 2m
Investment Outlook from Global Industry Titans
Michael Milken, Leon Black, David Bonderman, Lei Zhang
A coalition of 70 university researchers and global stakeholders is mobilizing a half-million-person initiative to address Japan's $23 trillion U.S. cash surplus and the social security gap through a new six-sector classification system. This strategy integrates fiscal reforms, climate change measures, and a dedicated focus on disability inclusion to stabilize currency fluctuations and revive underperforming industrial sectors highlighted during recent G20 discussions. By leveraging direct community engagement over social media and establishing a new scientific framework for labor, the group aims to achieve a 35% growth rate while avoiding the pitfalls of past economic failures.
- Milken Institute1h 5m
Global Capital Markets The Search for Value
Laura Deal Lacey, Michael Milken, Gordon Fyfe, Lawrence Golub, Omar Lodhi, Larry Post
Leading institutional investors including BC Pension Fund, Arena Capital, Golub Capital, and emerging markets specialist Omar Choudhry convened to address the intensifying pressure of meeting 6%–7.5% return targets in a low-growth global environment. The panel detailed strategies for overcoming these challenges through geographically diversified active management in India, Africa, and distressed Brazilian assets, while leveraging short-duration high yield and non-bank middle market lending to capture illiquidity premiums. Emphasizing rigorous credit discipline, fee compression via internalization, and deep local partnerships, the group highlighted that sustained performance will rely on avoiding capital preservation failures rather than chasing high-volatility gains.
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Reception | Celebrating Activist Women
Susan Santiago, Michael Milken, Shaun Robinson, Cher, John McArthur, Karen Weaver, Gary White, Katie O'Reilly
Hosted by Hyatt's first female SVP of Operations for the Americas, Susan Santiago, this Milken Family Foundation-sponsored event united activists like actress Cher, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, and industry experts to address the U.S. water infrastructure crisis. The panel revealed that approximately 7.3 million lead service lines remain nationwide, costing taxpayers roughly $10 monthly per family to replace, while highlighting the human failures and systemic neglect that drove the Flint tragedy. Participants emphasized that achieving universal clean water access by 2030 requires sustained public funding, strict regulation of private partnerships, and civic pressure to prioritize maintenance over reactive crisis management.
- Milken Institute1h 12m
2015 CA Summit - Perception vs. Reality: Is California Business Friendly?
Eric Garcetti, Michael Milken, John Chiang, Donna Davis, Steven Mnuchin
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and panelists highlighted the city's transformation into a global model for economic growth, driven by streamlined permitting processes, a $25 million Bolloré Group investment, and record job creation in sectors ranging from aerospace to digital media. While the event celebrated LA's surge to the second-largest U.S. financial hub and its status as the world's top green technology incubator, speakers also confronted critical challenges including high real estate costs, housing unaffordability, and a regressive tax structure that threatens to drive out talent. Forward-looking recommendations centered on creating a digital one-stop shop for business compliance and leveraging the city's diverse demographics to capture international markets.