BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin (L) and Palantir CEO Alex Karp (R) will be interviewed live at the Barron’s Investing in Tech event Wednesday.
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Palantir
CEO
Alex Karp
and
BioNTech
CEO
Ugur Sahin
are among executives who will be interviewed live at the Barron’s Investing in Tech event Wednesday.
The event will focus on technology innovation and investing opportunities. It will be live streamed and open to Barron’s subscribers and others. Details on how to watch are available on the event website.
The CEO of Palantir (ticker: PLTR), which was co-founded by investor Peter Thiel, will provide insight into data analytics, while BioNTech (BNTX) will look at the future of medical technology. BioNTech developed a Covid-19 vaccine along with
Pfizer
(PFE).
Other areas of focus at Investing in Tech will include electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, real estate, retail, media, and the workplace.
Investors interviewed will include Lydia Jett, of
SoftBank
;
Steve Case,
of Revolution LLC; and Betsy Z. Cohen, of FinTech Masala, a prominent SPAC investor.
All told, 15 executives and investors are scheduled to participate in the event, which starts at 11:30 a.m. ET. Other executives and entrepreneurs include Enrique Lores, CEO of
HP Inc.
(HPQ),
Anjali Sud,
CEO of
Vimeo
(VMEO), and
Elizabeth Spaulding,
incoming CEO of
Stitch Fix
(SFIX).
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