Speakers' Biographies

John Stankey

Chairman and CEO | AT&T

John Stankey has led AT&T as CEO and President since July 2020 and was elected Chairman of the Board in February 2025.

With more than $122 billion in 2024 revenues, AT&T is one of the world’s largest companies in technology and telecom. Between 2019 and 2023, AT&T invested more than $145 billion in its wireless and wireline networks, including capital investments and acquisitions of wireless spectrum. It is consistently one of the top annual investors of capital in the United States.

John’s leadership is driving AT&T’s transformation and its focus on being the best connectivity provider. Since Alexander Graham Bell’s first phone call, AT&T has connected people to greater possibility – and it’s still true today with the innovative opportunities provided by 5G and fiber.

AT&T is a global leader in communications with more than 100 million U.S. mobile and broadband customers, including nearly 2.5 million business customers of all sizes.

John joined AT&T in 1985 and has 39 years of accomplished leadership spanning nearly every area of AT&T’s business. He has served in a variety of roles, including Chief Operating Officer, CEO of WarnerMedia; CEO of AT&T Entertainment Group; Chief Strategy Officer; Chief Technology Officer; CEO of AT&T Operations; and CEO of AT&T Business Solutions
He currently serves on AT&T’s board of directors.

John holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Loyola Marymount University and an M.B.A. from UCLA.

Ross Perot Jr.

Board Chair | U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chairman | The Perot Companies

Ross Perot Jr. serves as Chairman of The Perot Companies, which manages the various Perot family interests that include real estate, oil and gas, and financial investments. Additionally, Mr. Perot is Chairman of Hillwood, a Texas-based, leading global real estate development company he founded in 1988.

That same year, Mr. Perot developed Fort Worth Alliance Airport, the country’s first industrial airport, through a unique public-private partnership. The airport now anchors AllianceTexas, a 27,000-acre master-planned, mixed-use community in North Texas. The area is home to the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone, an integrated testbed for both surface and air mobility technology to test, scale, and commercialize. Since its inception, AllianceTexas has become home to 590 companies, generating nearly $130 billion in regional economic impact and creating more than 66,000 direct jobs.

As an aviation enthusiast, Perot completed the first helicopter flight around the world in less than 30 days in 1982 and served as a pilot in the United States Air Force. Mr. Perot then became chairman of the Air Force Memorial Foundation, leading the 14-year effort to build the United States Air Force Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Perot is co-founder of Perot Systems Corporation and served in various roles within the company including CEO, Chairman of the Board, and member of its Board of Directors. Perot Systems was acquired by Dell Inc. in 2009 at which time Mr. Perot joined their Board of Directors where he served until 2013.

Mr. Perot currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and on the boards of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Hoover Institution and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a Board Member Emeritus for Vanderbilt University, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and St. Mark’s School of Texas.