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Billionaires, Tom Brady and Red-Light Therapy Masks: Inside the Milken Conference

The Milken Conference brought together the ultrawealthy, executives and celebrities amid renewed attempts to tax the rich.
The 29th annual Milken Institute Global Conference.Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

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Trillion was the new billion at this week’s Milken Institute Global Conference, where Wall Street financiers gathered to court clients, cut deals and mingle to the sound of Pitbull and Lionel Richie.