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By Andy Serwer, Editor in Chief, Yahoo Finance

On February 8, we’re hosting the first-ever Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit at our Yahoo office in New York City. This day-long conference will explore the critical questions and changes facing our economy and financial markets as we begin a new administration for the first time in eight years.

As a long-standing leading business news site, with an audience that spans from every-day investors to industry leaders, we at Yahoo Finance are uniquely positioned to explore all the ways in which this incoming administration will have an impact on our economy. We’re assembling some of the most dynamic minds in business, to help savvy investors – big and small – set their agendas for a new environment, as a new president takes office and a new Congress takes shape.

Among the confirmed participants are:

Larry Fink – Chairman & CEO, BlackRock

Tim Sloan – President & CEO, Wells Fargo

Jes Staley – Barclays, CEO

Rob Manfred – Commissioner, Major League Baseball

Sallie Krawcheck – CEO, Ellevest

Glenn Hutchins – Co-Founder, Silver Lake Partners

Liz Ann Sonders – Chief Investment Strategist, Charles Schwab

Mark Weinberger – Global Chairman & CEO, EY  

Ian Bremmer – President, Eurasia Group

Daymond John – CEO & Founder, Fubu & Shark Tank Co-Host

Slava Rubin – Founder, Indiegogo

Charles Phillips – CEO, Infor

Greg Clark – CEO, Symantec

Jon Stein – CEO, Betterment

Morgan Housel – Partner, Collaborative Fund

Michael Batnick – Director of Research, Ritholtz Wealth Management

Sam Zell – Chairman, Equity Group Investments

Terry Tamminen – CEO, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation

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Stella McCartney has teamed up with Collaborative Fund to invest and support entrepreneurs building a more sustainable future.

Called the SOS fund, an initial 200 million dollars will be invested in climate solutions and founders for better business. McCartney said she has been a part of SOS since “day 1 and we have already invewted in pioneering and innovarting companies, including creators of Mylo leather, Bolt Threads.

Craig Shapiro, Founder and Managing Partner at Collaborative Fund said “Beyond her work as an incredible designer and entrepreneur, Stella is a well-known environmental activist, a champion of animal rights, a lifelong vegan, a pioneer in sustainable materials, and an overall cool person.”

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