Saudi Arabia Set to Host Major Investment Summit in October

As Saudi Arabia is set to host a major investment summit in October, the organizer of the summit Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute has announced a distinguished group of global leaders from across finance, investment, technology, and business who will speak at the 10th edition of the Future Investment Initiative Conference.

The organizer stated that FII10 Week will take place in Riyadh from Monday, October 26, to Thursday, October 29, 2026. Held under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, this landmark edition will convene under the theme “The Power of Legacy.”

HRH Princess Dr. Maha Bint Mishari Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, CEO of FII Institute, said: “Over the past decade, FII Institute has become a unique global platform where capital meets ideas, leaders meet opportunity, and dialogue turns into impact. FII10 marks an important anniversary and a moment to define the legacy we want to build next. By bringing together the people who shape markets, technologies, media and societies, our mission is clear: to turn investment into lasting impact for humanity.”

FII Institute is a global nonprofit with a single pressing agenda: Impact on Humanity. Global, inclusive and driven by data, the Institute aims to foster great minds from around the world and turn ideas into real-world solutions and actions in four critical areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics, Education, Healthcare and Sustainability.

A Global Community of Leaders
Confirmed speakers include leading figures across banking and financial institutions, global investment and asset management, infrastructure, energy, technology and global business. Among them are: H.E. Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor, Public Investment Fund, Chairman, Saudi Aramco and Chairman of FII Institute; Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase; Laurence Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock; Stephen A. Schwarzman, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Blackstone Group; Patrick Pouyanne – Chairman & CEO of TotalEnergies; Amin Nasser, President & CEO, Aramco; Ashishkumar Chauhan, Managing Director and CEO, National Stock Exchange of India; Bill Winters, and Group CEO, Standard Chartered Bank.

It is also stated that business leaders such as C.S. Venkatakrishnan, Group CEO, Barclays PLC; David Solomon, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs; Georges Elhedery, CEO, HSBC; Lubna S. Olayan, Chair of the Corporate Board, The Olayan Group; Chair, Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB); Makoto Takashima, Chairman of the Board, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG); Masakazu Osawa, President and CEO, MUFG Bank Ltd.; Ron O’Hanley, Chairman & CEO, State Street; Alex Clavel, CEO, SoftBank Vision Funds; Jenny Johnson, CEO, Franklin Templeton; Lei Zhang, Founder and Chairman, Hillhouse Investment; Marc Rowan, Co-Founder, CEO and Chair of the Board, Apollo Global Management; Ray Dalio, Founder, CIO Mentor and Member of the Board, Bridgewater Associates; Founder, Dalio Family Office; Robert F. Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Vista Equity Partners.

In addition, Scott Nuttall, Co-CEO, KKR; Adebayo Ogunlesi, Founding Partner, Chairman and CEO, Global Infrastructure Partner; Dr. Mohamed Farouk, Vice-Chairman & Group CEO, ADES Holding; Dr. Patrice Motsepe, Founder and Non-Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals; Eric Martel, President & CEO, Bombardier; Laura M. Cha, Former Chairman, HKEX; Trustee, The Rockefeller Foundation; Director, Bretton Woods Committee; Talal H. AlMarri, CEO, Expo 2030 Riyadh; Dina Powell McCormick, President and Vice Chairman, Meta; Fernando Queiroz, CEO, Minerva Foods; Ruth Porat, President and CIO, Alphabet and Google; Sandy Ran Xu, CEO & Executive Director, JD.com, Inc.; and Tareq Amin, CEO, HUMAIN will also take part in the conference according to the organizer.

“These global leaders will contribute to conversations spanning financial markets, investment, economic growth, technology, infrastructure, energy, food and the forces shaping the future of capital and humanity,” said the Institute in its press statement.

“The breadth and seniority of the FII10 speaker community underscore the Institute’s role as a trusted global platform for convening leaders across sectors and geographies. FII10 will also welcome the Institute’s partners and members, whose communities form an important part of its global ecosystem of changemakers and contribute to its mission to drive meaningful impact.”

“Through its three pillars — THINK, its thought-leadership platform; XCHANGE, which creates spaces for dialogue and collaboration; and ACT, which empowers innovators and supports scalable solutions — the FII Institute will translate ideas and conversations at FII10 into opportunities for action and lasting impact,” it said.

Further global leaders, program highlights and FII10 initiatives will be announced in the coming weeks, building momentum toward FII10 Week and the 10th edition of the Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, according to FII Institute.