Boris Johnson dines with Bill Gates, David Solomon and more to kick off global investment summit

Boris Johnson will host 20 of the world’s most influential business leaders on Monday evening as he urges them to provide a “rocket boost” for “global Britain” as the UK emerges from the coronavirus pandemic and life outside the EU.

Among those sitting down for the power dinner with the prime minister in No 10 will be the Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon; the JP Morgan chief executive, Jamie Dimon; Jes Staley, the head of Barclays; and the Microsoft founder turned climate crisis campaigner, Bill Gates.

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