Join this special conversation series, programmed in partnership with CAA and Vanity Fair, where you’ll hear from award-winning authors, bestselling storytellers, and cultural changemakers from the worlds of art, entertainment, media, and politics.
Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Steve Jobs, shares the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our time—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.
For two years, Isaacson shadowed Elon Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. Now he shares the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
In-Person Tickets include: a copy of Walter’s book, ELON MUSK (published by Simon & Schuster).
In-Person Meet & Greet Tickets include: a Meet & Greet and photo with Walter; priority seating; and a signed copy of ELON MUSK.
Virtual Tickets include: access to a livestream of this event, but do not include a copy of ELON MUSK.
Photo by Patrice Gilbert.
Richard Stengel
Richard Stengel is the former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the Obama administration. Prior to going to Washington, Stengel was the editor of Time for seven years. He was also the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center. In the 1990s, he collaborated with Nelson Mandela on the South African’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Mandela’s Way and the creator of “Mandela: The Lost Tapes, a 10-part award-winning podcast on Audible recounting his conversations with Mandela. In 2012, Stengel won an Emmy award for his work as executive producer of Time‘s documentary, Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience. His most recent book is Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation. He is the co-chair of the board of Care, the global humanitarian organization, and is an on-air political analyst for MSNBC.