At David Solomon’s annual Milken Institute conference dinner this week, the Goldman Sachs chief executive hosted one of the event’s biggest names: Elon Musk.
Fresh from speaking to a packed auditorium in the Beverly Hilton on Monday, the Tesla chief executive joined about 20 investment heavyweights — among them Todd Boehly, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, and former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin — at a private residence. Musk sat at the centre of the table with Solomon and held court.
It was one of the hottest tickets of a week when thousands of money managers, bankers and investors descended on Beverly Hills for junk bond king Michael Milken’s annual jamboree. Others included a party thrown by actor-turned venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher and a bash hosted by Leonard Green founder Jonathan Sokoloff which featured English football royalty in the form of David Beckham.