In a rare and exclusive interview, LVMH Chairman & CEO Bernard Arnault sits down with Andrew Ross Sorkin in Christian Dior’s original drawing room in Paris. LVMH is the premium sponsor of the 2024 Olympic Games , and the conglomerate’s products are everywhere: the medals, the trunks carrying the medals, the uniforms, even the champagne being served. Arnault discusses his company’s long history, its importance to France, and why the sponsorship was so important for his brand. Plus, Arnault di...
Aug 02, 2024•32 min
Women at the 2024 Olympics are celebrating their moment. Four-time gold medalist Serena Williams says technology and social media have changed the game for female athletes that have been outperforming for years. One such social media star is rugby Olympian Ilona Maher , who shares her career goals in the wake of her team’s bronze medal win. Retired gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman discusses the pressure in the arenas, whether she’s competing or cheering on her teammate, Simone Biles...
Aug 01, 2024•21 min
This year, the Olympics have reached gender parity, according to the International Olympic Committee. Venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian, 776 founder and Reddit co-founder and former executive chairman, discusses his long-held belief in the business opportunity of women’s sports, as well as Athlos, his new womens-only track meet with the sport’s largest prize purse. He says, social media is an important ingredient in the rise of female athlete popularity. For Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, social media i...
Jul 31, 2024•24 min
Paris 2024 is NBCUniversal’s 18th Olympics. Brian Roberts, Comcast Chairman and CEO, and Michael Cavanagh, Comcast President, discuss the company’s broadcasting rights to the Olympic Games, state of the media landscape, NBC’s NBA rights deal, and their outlook for media and sports. Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin then look ahead to the 2028 Summer Olympics in LA with Casey Wasserman, chairman of LA 2028, the company organizing the upcoming Los Angeles games. He shares what he’s l...
Jul 31, 2024•42 min
At the Olympics in Paris , Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin sit down with Gold medalist Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson. The legendary runner is pushing his sport forward with Grand Slam Track, designed to increase exposure and salary for athletes in track and field. 1992 Olympic champion swimmer Summer Sanders is helping athletes leverage their training for success after sports with Team USA Partner Guild. She reflects on the mental fortitude needed for a post-gold transition, a...
Jul 30, 2024•30 min
The Olympic Games are underway, and Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin are catching up with business and sports leaders who are in Paris for the spectacle, as well as NBC’s Sam Brock, who has the latest gold medal count. European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde is also in Paris, as both a global leader and a former competitive artistic swimmer. She shares how her sports background informs her career in finance and leadership. 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps rea...
Jul 29, 2024•41 min
On the ground in Paris for the Olympics , Andrew Ross Sorkin gets a head start on interviews with the Games attendees, hours before the opening ceremonies on the Seine. Joe Kernen and Becky Quick, in New York until their trips to Paris over the weekend, discuss France’s millions of Olympics visitors and security concerns as the city fills up . Already there is Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who says hundreds of thousands of those visitors booked stays through his platform–including one lucky couple st...
Jul 26, 2024•34 min
After the Nasdaq’s worst day in two years, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman discusses weathering market “adventures” and the slowly warming IPO market . If all the volatility has you stressed, CNBC’s Sharon Epperson has you covered with advice from financial therapists. Southwest Airlines is making its biggest change in company history. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports on the carrier’s new venture into assigned seats and extra legroom , after years of a consistent business strategy. Plus, Chipotle will re-co...
Jul 25, 2024•35 min
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is headed to Congress today. “The Genius of Israel” co-author Dan Senor discusses the geopolitics at play in the leader's US visit, as well as the politics of who’s attending the speech . In the aftermath of the largest IT outage in history, Rand senior analyst Jonathan Welburn is asking whether CrowdStrike–and other big tech firms–are too big to fail. Plus, Alphabet’s YouTube ad revenue came up short in the latest quarter, Visa reported a rare miss on r...
Jul 24, 2024•30 min
Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have won the backing of enough Democratic delegates for the nomination. PIMCO’s Head of US Public Policy Libby Cantrill explains what Harris’s endorsements mean for investors . Movie theater chain AMC has reached a debt refinancing deal , and CEO Adam Aron explains the deal, as well as the box office pipeline and keeping up the Taylor Swift Eras Tour momentum. Plus, Delta is still struggling to recover from the IT outage of last week, and Warner Bros. Disc...
Jul 23, 2024•32 min
After President Biden ended his re-election bid , he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris . CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on VP Harris’s spike in donations over the weekend, as well as the road toward the Democratic National Convention in August. While some Democrats have already endorsed VP Harris, former President Barack Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi have not, which leaves the door open for other candidates vying for the nomination. Axios’s Mike Allen explains the other candidates who c...
Jul 22, 2024•39 min
One of the largest IT outages in history started with a software update from cyber security firm Crowdstrike . Around the world, hospitals, businesses, news networks (including NBC) were affected when the update rolled out and crashed Microsoft Windows. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports from the airport in Wales, where many flights were grounded as airlines grappled with the outage. CNBC’s Steve Kovach explains how one company’s mistake can bring down millions of systems, and Wedbush analyst Dan Ives e...
Jul 19, 2024•35 min
JD Vance made his first speech as Donald Trump’s VP pick at the Republican National Convention; CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on Senator Vance’s reception at the RNC in Milwaukee, and former SEC Chair Jay Clayton explains how Vance’s new economic conservatism works–or doesn’t work–with the Republican preference for Reaganomics. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, but he’s still campaigning. Plus, ChatGPT scored a 98% on a medical exam that most first year residents sco...
Jul 18, 2024•37 min
Silicon Valley support is growing for Donald Trump ; Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk have each endorsed the Republican nominee, and The Information founder Jessica Lessin says, it might be part of a more widespread shift in tech. Plus, former President Trump is floating ideas for possible cabinet members (like Jamie Dimon for Treasury Secretary), and he’s weighing the risk of dismissing Fed Chair Jay Powell before the end of Powell’s term. One of Powell’s former colleag...
Jul 17, 2024•33 min
Republican Nominee Donald Trump has named his pick for VP: Ohio Senator JD Vance . It’s a pivotal choice for the GOP, reports CNBC’s Eamon Javers, who is in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. Vance represents a new era for the conservative party, one of populist economics . Oren Cass, executive director of populist thinktank American Compass, is one of the movement’s leaders; Cass explains his conservative economics and the symbolism of JD Vance on the 2024 Republican ticket. Vent...
Jul 16, 2024•30 min
The GOP kicks off the Republican National Convention today in Milwaukee, days after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump . CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on the security at the RNC and the latest information on the 20-year-old gunman. Republican Pennsylvania Senate Candidate David McCormick was in the front row of the Butler, PA campaign rally; he recounts the confused moments of the shooting and highlights America’s polarized political rhetoric as a factor in the violence. ...
Jul 15, 2024•39 min
If inflation numbers are improving , the Federal Reserve should be ready to cut interest rates–maybe. Wall Street Journal Chief Economics Correspondent Nick Timiraos, known as the ‘Fed whisperer,’ explains the Fed’s rate cut calculus , including inflation metrics and changes in the labor market. CNBC’s Megan Cassella reports on Capitol Hill’s reaction to President Biden’s rare, unscripted press conference, and EU regulators are taking aim at Elon Musk’s X platform. Plus, the Paris Olympics are j...
Jul 12, 2024•30 min
Inflation slowed in June! The Labor Department released its monthly consumer price index , a measure of costs of goods and services and a key metric for the Federal Reserve. Two economists, Wendy Edelberg of Brookings and Joe Lavorgna of SMBC Nikko Securities America, discuss what the better-than-expected numbers mean for the Fed’s next interest rate cut. Head of Bank of America Institute Liz Everett Krisberg shares Bank of America’s latest consumer checkpoint, which reveals a softening in credi...
Jul 11, 2024•37 min
In the AI arms race, some tech giants are teaming up: OpenAI is training on servers that Microsoft rents from Oracle , but Elon Musk is going at it alone. Founder and editor-in-chief of The Information Jessica Lessin explains the strange bedfellows in AI. CNBC’s Emily Wilkins reports on the latest fault lines in the Democratic Party , and Politico’s Politics Bureau Chief Jonathan Martin discusses the many variables deciding President Biden’s next step in the 2024 race. Plus, Amazon is out with i...
Jul 10, 2024•35 min
Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) is in the running for Donald Trump’s VP ; he discusses the 2024 Presidential race and the GOP’s strategy while Democrats and President Biden stay in mainstream headlines. In DC, CNBC’s Emily Wilkins reports on the ongoing debates within the Democratic Party . After Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas , millions were without power and three had died. Plus, Athletic Brewing is the top non-alcoholic beer in the country. Co-founder and CEO Bill Shufelt explain...
Jul 09, 2024•33 min
It’s a pivotal week for President Joe Biden, as calls for him to step aside mount within the Democratic Party. Biden says he will not back down, and Axios’s Mike Allen says, the lawmaker conversations behind closed doors are more drastic than those making the headlines. After two deadly crashes and multiple quality control issues, Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge that makes the aerospace giant a felon. Paramount Global and Skydance will merge –unless Paramount can fin...
Jul 08, 2024•31 min
After a landslide win for the Labour Party in the UK , Sky News anchor and former CNBC anchor Wilfred Frost explains Keir Starmer’s support, his policies, and the future of the nation’s economy. Here in the US, Democrats are debating the results of the Presidential debate, including whether President Biden should step aside . CNBC’s Megan Cassella reports on the high stakes for President Biden’s TV interview on Friday, and author and professor Adam Grant explains the psychology at play, both for...
Jul 05, 2024•35 min
Ahead of the July 4th holiday, Kayak CEO Steve Hafner says this summer is a good time to fly, as demand has not kept up with flight supply. As America celebrates its 248th year of independence, CNBC’s Jon Fortt considers the state of the American Dream for this generation. Plus, the week’s top headlines in business and politics: Paramount’s hunt for a partner , Eli Lilly’s big Alzheimer’s drug approval, and President Biden’s support among Democrats. Happy 4th! Megan Cassella 6:26 Phil Lebeau - 1...
Jul 03, 2024•30 min
The Supreme Court has ruled that former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for official acts as president, sparking a debate about Presidential immunity and accountability. The Anti-Defamation League has sued Iran, Syria, and North Korea, aiming to hold them accountable for supporting Hamas in its October 7th attacks against Israel. CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt explains why he’s seeking financial compensation for over 125 plaintiffs. The Department of Ene...
Jul 02, 2024•30 min
In the wake of the first Presidential debate, President Biden’s campaign is fundraising and rallying support despite a disappointing performance. Andrew Ross Sorkin, CNBC’s Megan Cassella, and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson share their respective reporting from different sources across the Democratic party. The Supreme Court has overturned a 1984 decision called ‘Chevron,’ which set a precedent for lower courts to defer to federal agencies when interpreting ambiguities in laws passed by Congr...
Jul 01, 2024•33 min
America–and the Squawk team–is digesting the CNN Presidential Debate . CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on the respective performances of Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump, including Democrats’ concerns about President Biden’s stamina . Investor and briefly the Communications Director for President Trump Anthony Scaramucci digests the debate, the future of the Democratic ticket, and what it all means for investors. In Colorado, Andrew Ross Sorkin reports on the debate reaction at the Aspen Ideas ...
Jun 28, 2024•45 min
In a rare family interview, former Mylan CEO Heather Manchin and her father Senator Joe Manchin (I-West Virginia) discuss America’s future ahead of the first Presidential debate . The Senator shares his hopes for U.S. leadership, and both discuss their Americans Together effort to back centrist politicians. One of AI’s leading innovators is Mustafa Suleyman; years after co-founding DeepMind, Suleyman is CEO of Microsoft AI, and while at this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival with Andrew Ross Sorkin, h...
Jun 27, 2024•42 min
Award-winning producer Brian Grazer joins Andrew Ross Sorkin from the Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss AI’s impact on storytelling and content creation. S&P Global Vice Chair and oil market watcher Dan Yergin explains AI’s role on the US energy grid–and on the 2024 election. Plus, some primary results are in, FedEx’s cost-cutting measures are paying off, and CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on Donald Trump’s VP options . Daniel Yergin - 18:25 Brian Grazer - 28:17 In this episode: Eamon Javers, @Ea...
Jun 26, 2024•39 min
Character actor and director Griffin Dunne joins Andrew Ross Sorkin at the Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss his new memoir, growing up in Hollywood, and the state of entertainment. Plus, how realistic is the Fed’s 2% target inflation rate? CNBC’s Steve Liesman and former CEA Chair Jason Furman discuss whether the central bank will and should adjust its goal. Plus, Nvidia stock is down in recent market sessions, the EU is taking aim at Microsoft , and the TSA beat its daily record of screenings, c...
Jun 25, 2024•33 min
From the Aspen Ideas Festival, Carlyle Group co-founder and co-chairman, David Rubenstein, discusses the state of the 2024 race, the Fed’s inflation fight, the state of the economy, and his MLB team ownership. European Union regulators claim that Apple has breached new digital competition laws by preventing app developers from guiding consumers to more affordable services. Joe Lonsdale, founding partner of 8VC and co-founder of Palantir, discusses Apple’s dominance in the app store, the EU's all...
Jun 24, 2024•32 min
