Dangote Industries President and Chief Executive Aliko Dangote discusses business, investment and Africa's economic outlook with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua at the Qatar Economic Forum UNGA Special Edition in New York in 2026.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discusses the global economic outlook with Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick at the Qatar Economic Forum UNGA Special Edition in New York in 2026.
Qatar Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi discusses the future of the Strait of Hormuz and says that to call the strait obsolete is "wrong." US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent commented on Sept. 1 that the Strait of Hormuz will be like a worthless piece of water in two years. He spoke with Annmarie Hordern at the 2026 Qatar Economic Forum, UNGA Special Edition; Powered by Bloomberg.
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said that companies are racing to build up their defenses on artificial-intelligence models. Speaking on the AI revolution, Fraser said when Mythos came out, "that was not a good day." She spoke at the 2026 Qatar Economic Forum, UNGA Special Edition; Powered by Bloomberg.
India's obsession with cricket has helped turn the Indian Premier League into one of the world's most valuable sports leagues, attracting foreign investors like Blackstone. With only 10 teams serving a country of roughly 1.5 billion people, investors see scarcity, rising media consumption and India's economic growth as powerful drivers of team valuations.
Hyderabad has spent decades building the talent, infrastructure and business climate to compete with Bangalore, attracting major tech firms while becoming a hub for life sciences. But AI now threatens some of the lower-cost IT work that helped fuel its rise. The test is whether Hyderabad can use its talent base to move from supporting global innovation to creating more of its own. This version corrects a map of India.
General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford says accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship have created one of the strongest environments for growth investing in his three decades in the business, with opportunities spanning the US, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Ford tells David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend that geopolitical risks are reshaping global supply chains but not reversing globalization, while AI should continue creating investment opportunities despite periods of overvaluation and concerns about safety. At the 2026 Qatar Economic Forum, UNGA Special Edition; Powered by Bloomberg.
Joining Bloomberg This Weekend, Qatar Central Bank Governor and Qatar Investment Authority Chairman Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al-Thani says damage to the country's LNG facilities could take two to three years to repair, with the conflict contributing to a 7% economic contraction even as the non-hydrocarbon economy grows. He says Qatar's strong fiscal position has allowed QIA to continue investing globally, with technology and AI among its major areas of focus, while the central bank is deploying AI across its own operations. At the 2026 Qatar Economic Forum, UNGA Special Edition; Powered by Bloomberg.
State Street Investment Management CEO Yie-Hsin Hung says investors have entered an era where resilient portfolios are increasingly important as higher capital costs, geopolitical tensions and technological change create a wider range of potential outcomes. Hung tells Bloomberg This Weekend hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that institutional investors are adding liquidity and other portfolio buffers, while State Street is also expanding access to private markets and providing the default ETF for the US government's Trump Accounts program. At the 2026 Qatar Economic Forum, UNGA Special Edition; Powered by Bloomberg.
Bloomberg News State Department reporter Eric Martin joins Bloomberg This Weekend and says Secretary of State Marco Rubio has embraced an unusually broad portfolio in the Trump administration, simultaneously serving as national security adviser while taking leading roles on Venezuela, Cuba and other foreign-policy priorities. Martin tells hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that Rubio has largely worked behind the scenes on Iran while adapting his positions to his executive-branch role, a shift examined in Bloomberg Businessweek's recent profile of the secretary. At the 2026 Qatar Economic Forum, UNGA Special Edition; Powered by Bloomberg.
Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg L.P. & Bloomberg Philanthropies welcomes leaders to discuss capital, risk and resilience at the Qatar Economic Forum UNGA Special Edition in New York in 2026.
Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson says companies cannot afford to slow their adoption of AI even as questions persist about costs, governance and the eventual profitability of the technology. Johnson tells hosts of Bloomberg This Weekend David Gura and Christina Ruffini that Franklin has already seen productivity and sales gains from AI, while warning that the economics of increasingly capital-intensive AI companies remain uncertain. At the 2026 Qatar Economic Forum, UNGA Special Edition; Powered by Bloomberg.
