Summit Series was founded in 2008 by Elliott Bisnow, Brett Leve, Jeff Rosenthal, Jeremy Schwartz, and Ryan Begelman.

Summit Series was found in April 2008 by Elliott Bisnow, Brett Leve, Jeff Rosenthal, Jeremy Schwartz, and Ryan Begelman.

[citation needed] In addition, some of the partners are Co-Directors of the Summit Action Fund, which makes investments in startups that drive positive disruptive innovation.

Summit was launched with an invitation-only event organized for young entrepreneurs to meet and gain advice from one another that was hosted at a ski resort in Park City, Utah and were attended by 19 people.

[9][10] In May 2010, Summit held DC10, a three-day conference in Washington, D.C. for 750 people with participants including former President Bill Clinton, Ted Turner, and John Legend.

Plans for Summit Powder Mountain include 500 homes and a village of comparable density, a recording studio, conference lodge, startup incubator, and an innovation laboratory.

[22] The Summit Series held an auction to support the campaign, offering a private meeting with Ted Turner and Kofi Annan to the winner,[22] and ultimately raised more than $150,000.