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Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinner/2000
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| Date | 23 February, 2000 |
| Location | Restaurant Cibo, Monterey, California, United States |
| Description | At the Edge Foundation's 2000 Billionaires' dinner' "the new-media version of a Mafia wedding, you rub elbows with the dons and capos of the Internet world and become an instant member of the family." |
| Participants | David Bank, Jeff Berg, Stewart Brand, Richard Brandt, David Braunschvig, Sandy Climan, Toby Coppel, Dave Ditzel, George Dyson, Jeffrey Epstein, Bran Ferren, Katrina Heron, Danny Hillis, Brewster Kahle, Dean Kamen, Pattie Maes, Katinka Matson, Bob Metcalfe, Marney Morris, Nathan Myhrvold, Nicholas Negroponte, Chris Nolan, Kip Parent, Steve Riggio, Forrest Sawyer, Charles Simonyi, Karl Sims, Lara Stein, Cyndi Stivers, Linda Stone, Kara Swisher, Ronna Tannenbaum |
The Edge Foundation's 2000 Billionaires' dinner was held in Monterey, California on the 23 February.[1]
Own words
Edge's own website put this description on the event[1]:
At TED, the new-media version of a Mafia wedding, you rub elbows with the dons and capos of the Internet world and become an instant member of the family.[2]
Attendees
Corporate journalists included Kara Swisher from the Wall Street Journal, Chris Nolan from the New York Post, Katrina Heron from Wired.
At two least companies with deep state connections were present, Toby Coppel from Allen & Company, and David Braunschvig from Lazard Frères.
The list of attendees might not be complete.
Known Participants
8 of the 32 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
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| Stewart Brand | American project developer and writer. Lock Step. Plenty of Edge Foundation/Billionaires' dinners. |
| Jeffrey Epstein | Billionaire who flew famous people on the Lolita Express to lavish parties on one a private island, which the locals dubbed "Orgy Island" or "Padeophile Island". A compulsive pedophile, he was convicted in 2008, given a cushy plea deal by use of deep state pressure. However, after this declared illegal in February 2019, after which people attempted to distance themselves from him. Re-arrested in June 2019, he was reportedly found dead of a "suicide" in prison although questions remain about this. |
| Bran Ferren | |
| Danny Hillis | |
| Dean Kamen | Invented the Segway |
| Pattie Maes | Computer scientist picked as one of WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1997 |
| Nathan Myhrvold | Microsoft CTO who flew the Lolita express and whose name features in Epstein's black book |
| Nicholas Negroponte | Founder of Wired, brother of John Negroponte |
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