Sun Valley Scene: Jeff Bezos Shows Up, the Murdochs Don't and Shopify, Stripe Chiefs Impress Cynthia Littleton, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail SUN VALLEY, Idaho — A funny thing happened on the way to Sun Valley this year. Despite predictions that turnout for the annual Allen & Co. conference would be lighter after last year’s COVID-forced cancellation, attendance at the three morning sessions on the first full day of the gathering was strong and included the mega-mogul of the moment, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. There was chatter on Tuesday as the captains of industry alighted on central Idaho mountain resort about whether Amazon founder Bezos would make it this year, given that he’s about to blast off on July 20 for a brief orbit in the spacecraft crafted by his private space exploration firm, Blue Origin. Further, this week marks the first time in 27 years that Bezos hasn’t been CEO of the e-commerce giant that he founded in his Seattle garage in 1994. The longtime lieutenant who took the CEO reins from Bezos (now executive chairman), former Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy, is also on the scene this year.