MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
OZY Media, the daily information source for important stories told nowhere else, today announced that President and Founder of Emerson Collective Laurene Powell Jobs will interview former Secretary of State and 2016 Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton at OZY Fest in New York City. The interview will take place Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Rumsey Playfield in New York City's Central Park. A limited number of tickets are still available at OZY.com/ozyfest.
Described by The New York Times as "part music festival, part TED talk, part food fair," and by CNBC as "New York's answer to SXSW, " OZY FEST features world-class entertainers, innovators, esteemed thought leaders, artists and some of the world's best food. This year's lineup includes musicians Passion Pit, Common, Grouplove, and Young the Giant; comedians Chelsea Handler, Hasan Minhaj and Michelle Wolf; entrepreneurs Ruth Zukerman (Flywheel), Tim Brown (Allbirds), Cindy Mi (VIPKID); authors Malcolm Gladwell, Steven Pinker, Roxane Gay and Salman Rushdie; performers Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan and Laverne Cox; celebrity chefs Marcus Samuelsson and Roy Choi, and many more.
"OZY Fest is where important conversations and newsmaking moments happen," says Carlos Watson, OZY co-founder and CEO. "People come to OZY Fest to experience unexpected perspectives. We're so proud to welcome two global changemakers in Secretary Clinton and Laurene Powell Jobs for an unprecedented exchange of ideas, and have no doubt this conversation will prove enlightening and inspiring for people in attendance and watching via live stream around the world."
OZY FEST is something you experience — not something you just attend. OZY FEST 2017 attracted over 5,000 guests who engaged with art, opened their minds to technology, politics and provocative speakers, tasted inventive foods and partied to live music, all in one place. Past headliners have included Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, will.i.am, Samantha Bee, Mark Cuban, Issa Rae, Jason Derulo, Katie Couric, Sen. Cory Booker, Jeb Bush, Eddie Huang and many more.
To learn more visit:
http://www.ozy.com
OZY.com/ozyfest
https://www.facebook.com/OZYFEST
About OZY Media
With 40 million monthly unique users and 4 million subscribers, OZY brings readers "the new and the next," offering 100 percent original content with a focus on the future, via unique OZY News, OZY Magazine, OZY TV and OZY Events products. Called "the new media magnet for the news hungry" by Fortune magazine, OZY's in-depth and high-quality journalism has attracted a number of high-profile media partners including The New York Times, NPR, PBS NewsHour, TED, The Financial Times, The Huffington Post and many more, as well as guest editors including Bill Gates, President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Founded in 2013 by Emmy Award–winning journalist Carlos Watson and co-founder Samir Rao, the OZY team is based in Mountain View, California, and backed by leading Silicon Valley investors including Ron Conway, David Drummond, Larry Sonsini and Dan Rosensweig and a significant investment from publishing giant Axel Springer.
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