Events & Conversations
GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADERS
Unlike some business groups, our membership structure is designed to assure a diversity of industries, ages and backgrounds. When guests address The Economic Club of Chicago they speak to a broad cross-section of American executives. Global thought leaders from the worlds of business, politics and science know their words are heard by opinion leaders with a reach well beyond Chicago.
Upcoming Events
Past Events
October 27, 2025
David A. Ricks
October 21, 2025
JB Pritzker
May 22, 2025
Alex Karp
April 16, 2025
Jerome H. Powell
March 3, 2025
Rahm Emanuel
February 27, 2025
Doug McMillon
December 17, 2024
Mellody Hobson
October 15, 2024
Donald J. Trump
September 18, 2024
David Axelrod & Bill Kristol
September 5, 2024
Kevin Warren
May 13, 2024
David Brooks
April 4, 2024
Thasunda Brown Duckett
February 26, 2024
Ynon Kreiz
January 31, 2024
Larry Snelling
January 25, 2024
Janet Yellen
December 6, 2023
Walter Isaacson
September 7, 2023
Brandon Johnson
April 17, 2023
Eboo Patel
April 11, 2023
Austan Goolsbee
March 20, 2023
José Andrés
February 2, 2023
Dr. Albert Bourla
December 1, 2022
Dara Khosrowshahi
November 16, 2022
Gwynne Shotwell
October 10, 2022
Martin Scorsese
September 14, 2022
Chris Kempczinski
April 18, 2022
Ari Emanuel
April 7, 2022
Zanny Minton Beddoes
March 22, 2022
Dr. Lisa Su
March 9, 2022
Pedro Martinez
February 17, 2022
Roz Brewer
December 6, 2021
Jørgen Vig Knudstorp
November 28, 2021
Gina M. Raimondo
October 27, 2021
Chip Bergh
October 4, 2021
Kenneth C. Griffin
August 11, 2021
Reid Hoffman
June 4, 2021
Barack Obama
May 26, 2021
Tracee Ellis Ross
May 11, 2021
Jane Fraser
April 27, 2021
Brian Cornell
March 19, 2021
Bill Gates
February 2, 2021
Scott Kirby
January 26, 2021
Amy Klobuchar & Mitt Romney
December 15, 2020
Sal Khan
October 7, 2020
Stephen Schwarzman
September 15, 2020
Margo Georgiadis
August 26, 2020
Kenneth Frazier
July 28, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci
May 13, 2020
Lori Lightfoot
May 1, 2020
Peter Orszag
April 23, 2020
John Allen
December 6, 2018
Bono
October 13, 2018
