DealBook Summit

Watch all of the day’s interviews.Prosperity today feels concentrated in a few places, leaving many Americans questioning whether the system still works for them. This panel asks how universities and the private sector can work together to address this critical issue.Can universities help restore faith in the American dream? Not just by educating leaders, but also by engaging with the private sector and generating the ideas, companies and industries that power national growth? We will seek to have a deeper understanding of how research universities can be engines of opportunity, creating ripple effects across health, technology and the economy, with examples of how innovation in one place can have lasting impact across the country and around the world. What examples of private-sector collaboration should we seek to replicate? Where does this relationship need strengthening? What support systems spur the best innovations, and build communities? And how can these innovative and entrepreneurial partnerships work to revive prosperity in sometimes overlooked parts of the country?Panelists: Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and co-chief executive of Warby Parker; Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, chairman and chief executive of Revolution; Kevin Plank, founder, president and chief executive of Under Armour; Carolina Pluszczynski, acting chief executive of Michigan Central; Shivani Siroya, founder and chief executive of TalaModerator: Domenico Grasso, president of the University of MichiganFilmed live at the 2025 DealBook SummitFollow DealBook’s reporting at https://nytimes.com/dealbook Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Watch all of the day’s interviews.The modern business leader walks a tightrope: between fighting for the success of their company and shareholder value; between communication and leadership ability, demands for innovation, media representation, political pressures and international dynamics and besting their competition.So, we asked: How do they manage these competing interests, and what does it mean to lead with purpose? How do current Fortune 500 leaders see their role today, and what defines their leadership?We also asked the big question of the moment: How are they approaching the integration of generative A.I. into their business models? And how are they building resiliency in their own companies?Panelists: Alex Chriss, C.E.O. of PayPal; Beth Ford, President and C.E.O. of Land O’Lakes Inc.; Bob Jordan, President and C.E.O. of Southwest Airlines; Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and C.E.O. of Mattel; Pete Nordstrom, Co-C.E.O. of Nordstrom, Inc.; Emma Walmsley, C.E.O. of GSKModerator: David Brooks, Opinion Columnist at The New York TimesFilmed live at the 2025 DealBook SummitFollow DealBook’s reporting at https://nytimes.com/dealbook Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Watch all of the day’s interviews:The Trump administration’s funding threats aren’t the only issue colleges and universities are facing. There’s also rising antisemitism on campus, and challenges in managing student free speech and demonstrations. What is the future of research without government grants and funding? How will the courts adjudicate these issues? The Justice Department is also taking specific aim at multiple universities over international student visas, claims of antisemitism, anti-D.E.I. investigations, and trans athletes and Title IX policy. Americans now have $1.8 trillion in cumulative student debt. Administrative costs continue to rise. Are Americans’ value systems changing toward education, and how?And the bigger question: What do universities’ leaders believe the education they provide is for? What and how are universities contributing to society today? Is there a crisis of faith in our educational system? Universities can be rigid systems. Are they capable of responding to valid criticisms? What do they believe needs to change, and how are they working toward those ends?And as we examine the future of work — and A.I. in particular on the cusp of transforming the entry-level work force — what does the work force of the next generation look like, and how are universities preparing their students?Panelists: Carmen Twillie Ambar, president of Oberlin College and Conservatory; Sian Leah Beilock, president of Dartmouth; Ron Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University; Daniel Diermeier, chancellor of Vanderbilt University; James Harris, president of the University of San Diego; John B. King, chancellor of the State University of New York and former U.S. secretary of education; Jonathan Levin, president of Stanford UniversityModerator: Jodi Kantor, investigative reporter at The New York Times Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Watch all of the day’s interviews:As we approach a full year of the Trump administration, the president has transformed the world order. Old institutions like NATO, the United Nations and the World Trade Organization are diminished, even in doubt, and the old trade regime and assumptions about alliances are gone. Relationships are transactional, and soft power is scoffed at. Traditional adversaries like Russia win praise, while there is talk about taking over Canada and Greenland. This is driven not only by those at the top but also by deep shifts to the right in electorates across the West, including in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and elsewhere.Liberals and liberal values alike seem to be in retreat. Uncertainties dominate: How will China, North Korea and other nations respond to this new world order, and will they see it as an opportunity for adventurism?In this discussion, we asked: Where are we now? And what are the real-world ramifications of these policies, and are they lasting?Panelists: Ehud Barak, Former Prime Minister of Israel; Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware and a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Mark T. Esper, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense; Avril Haines, Former U.S. Director of National Intelligence; David H. Petraeus, Partner at KKR, Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, Chairman of the KKR Middle East Global Institute New York and Former Director of the C.I.A.; Samantha Power, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development; Fareed Zakaria, Host of “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on CNNModerator: Nicholas Kristof, Opinion Columnist at The New York TimesFilmed live at the 2025 DealBook Summit Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Watch all of the day’s interviews:Audiences are changing the way they watch, listen and consume. We’re at an inflection point on the influence of traditional journalism and journalists versus personality-driven and perspective-driven voices.Panelists: Charlamagne tha God, co-host of “The Breakfast Club” and co-founder of The Black Effect Podcast Network; Jon Favreau, co-founder of Crooked Media and co-host of “Pod Save America”; Amna Nawaz, co-anchor and co-managing editor of “PBS NewsHour”; David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and host of “The New Yorker Radio Hour”; Stephanie Ruhle, host of MS NOW’s “The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle”; Andrew Schulz, host of “The Brilliant Idiots” and “Flagrant” with Akaash Singh; Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire and host of “The Ben Shapiro Show”Moderator: Michael Barbaro, journalist and co-host of “The Daily” at The New York TimesFilmed live at the 2025 DealBook Summit Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan discusses China’s increasing military hostility toward the United States. Mr. Lai is facing pressure on many fronts, including increasing military hostility from China, fierce trade negotiations with the U.S. and tough resistance from the oppositional Nationalist Party.A semiconductor powerhouse, Taiwan has sought to use its chip expertise as leverage in its trade negotiations. “President Trump wants the U.S. to become the world center for A.I., and we are willing to assist in this,” Mr. Lai said. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, discusses fame, why he thinks YouTube is the best place platform for creators and how he tries to avoid controversy. Then Chief executive of Beast Industries, Jeff Housenbold, joins Mr. Donaldson to discuss how the duo work together — and why they take so few days off. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Halle Berry, the actor and founder of Respin, which offers menopause symptom care programs, shares a talk on aging in Hollywood and her struggle with perimenopause. Ms. Berry encourages more dialogue and support for women in midlife.If men “had a medical condition that disrupted their sleep, brain function and sex life,” the actor said, “we’d be calling that a health crisis on par with Covid, and the whole world would shut down.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Anthropic’s chief executive Dario Amodei discusses the risks of an A.I. bubble and said that the industry’s enormous spending could backfire. He describes the “cone of uncertainty” that exists around A.I. spending as his company must manage the risk of spending either too much or too little. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The General Motors chief executive Mary Barra discusses why she will continue to improve the fuel-efficiency and emissions of G.M.’s cars and trucks even if federal standards are weakened.She also discusses why the automaker is investing in E.V.s, competition and the Trump administration’s E.V. policies. “People choose an E.V. because it’s a better performance vehicle and it fits their life,” she said. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.