List of Young Global Leaders
This is a list of members of the Forum of Young Global Leaders by their year of induction. Each member is asked to join the forum for a five-year period. Members the first year were identified with one of six categories: business, political, intellectual, arts and culture, societal, and opinion.[1]
2014
East-Asia
- Joe Blackman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Collection 26; UK
- Dorjee Sun, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Conservation; Australia
- Ricky Wong, Chief Executive Officer and Founder Asia Media; Malaysia
- Jacinda Ardern,| Member of Parliament, New Zealand Labour Party; New Zealand
- Deng Fei, Director, Journalist Department, Phoenix Weekly; People's Republic of China
- Liu Qiangdong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JD.com; People's Republic of China
- Ma Yansong, Founder and Principal Architect, MAD Architects; People's Republic of China
- Andrea Pasinetti, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Teach for China People's Republic of China
Europe
- Marietje Schaake, Member, European Parliament; Belgium
- René Redzepi, Founder and Chef, Noma; Denmark
ed International Studies]]; Germany
- Philipp Missfelder, Member of the German Parliament and Federal Chairman of the Youth Party CDU, [[German
- Johannes Weber, Managing Director, Social Venture Fund; Germany
- Natalia Vodianova, Founder and President, Naked Heart Foundation; Russian Federation
- Karl-Johan Persson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hennes & Mauritz AB; Sweden
- Wladimir Klitschko, World Heavyweight Champion and Owner, Klitschko Management Group GmbH; Ukraine
- Michael Acton Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Mind Candy; United Kingdom
- Patrick Allen, Head of News, Europe, Middle East and Africa, CNBC; United Kingdom
- Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience, University College London (UCL); United Kingdom
- Belinda Parmar, Chief Executive Officer and Author, Lady Geek; United Kingdom
Latin America & The Caribbean
- Julia Bacha, Filmmaker and Creative Director, Just Vision; Brazil
- Monique Péan, Founder, The Vanessa Péan Foundation; Haiti
Emprendedor de Mexico (INADEM)]], Mexico
- Sandro Salsano, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Columbus Frontiers Investment Management;
Middle East & North Africa
- Fatima Zahra Mansouri, Mayor of Marrakech; Morocco
- Ahmed Mater, Contemporary Artist and Founder, Edge of Arabia; Saudi Arabia
- Razan Zaitouneh, Human Rights Lawyer, Violation Documentation Center in Syria; Syria
- Noura Al Kaabi, Chief Executive Officer, Media Zone Authority, TwoFour54; United Arab Emirates
North America
- James Moore, Minister of Industry, Industry Canada; Canada
- Shahrzad Rafati, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BroadbandTV Corp (BBTV); Canada
- Nolan Watson, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Sandstorm Gold Ltd. & Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd; Canada
- David Berry, Founder and President, Pronutria; USA
- Leah Busque, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TaskRabbit, Inc.; USA
- Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas, Google; USA
- Amy Cuddy, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School; USA
- Brooke Ellison, Member of the Board, Empire State Stem Cell Board; USA
- Limor Fried, Owner and Head Engineer, Adafruit Industries LLC; USA
- Steven Fulop, Mayor of Jersey City; USA
- Rayid Ghani, Co-Founder, Edgeflip; USA
- Jaime Herrera Beutler, Congresswoman from Washington (R), 3rd District, United States House of Representatives; USA
- Lynn Jurich, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, SunRun; USA
- David Karp, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tumblr; USA
- Jessica Long, Managing Director, Accenture Development Partnerships; USA
- Jennifer Nichols, Global Head of Legal, Aberdeen Asset Management; USA
- Jonah Peretti, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BuzzFeed; USA
- Austin Ramirez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Husco International USA; USA
- Julissa Reynoso, US Ambassador, US Embassy; USA
- Daron Roberts, President and Founder, 4th and 1, Inc.; USA
- Rebecca Weintraub, Faculty Director, Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard University; USA
- Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to President Barack Obama for Energy and Climate Change, White House, United States of America; USA
South Asia
- Farhan Akhtar, Film Director, Actor, Screenplay Writer, Singer, Producer and Choreographer, Excel Entertainment Production House; India
- Sachin Bansal, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Flipkart.com; India
- Avani Davda, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Starbucks Limited; India
- Nandini Piramal, Executive Director and Head of Human, Piramal Enterprises Limited (PEL); India
- Anurag Thakur, President, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); India
- Mosharraf Zaidi, Founder and Campaign Director, Alif Ailaan - Time to End Pakistan's Education Emergency; Pakistan
- Ratheesan Yoganathan, Co-Founder and Group Chairman, Lebara Group; Sri Lanka
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Lerato Mbele, Presenter, BBC World Service; South Africa
- Marlon Parker, Founder, Reconstructed Living Labs; South Africa
- Hanli Prinsloo, Filmmaker and Ocean Adventurer; South Africa
- Charlize Theron, Actress and Founder, Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project; South Africa
- Alek Wek, Model and Member of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, USCRI; Sudan
- Angellah Kairuki, Deputy Minister, Parliament of Tanzania; Tanzania
2013
- Kelly Zong, President, Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co.
- Nat Wei, Member of the House of Lords, House of Lords of the United Kingdom
- Dorcas Muthoni, Chief Executive Officer, Openworld Ltd
- Michel Martone, Professor at the Law Faculty, University of Teramo
- January Ysuf Makamba, Deputy Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology of Tanzania
- Tara Fela-Durotoye, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, House of Tara International
- Jeremy Howard, President and Chief Scientist, Kaggle
- Daisuke Tsuda (journalist), Media Activist and Chief Executive Officer, Neo-logue inc.
- Simon Bridges, Minister of Labour and of Energy and Resources,
- Dries Buytaert, Founder and Project Lead, Drupal
- Ida Auken, Minister of the Environment
- Urmas Paet, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of Women's Rights of France and Spokesperson of the French Government
- Arnaud Ventura, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PlaNet Finance
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Writer and Film Director
- Mark Pollock, Adventurer, Athlete and Author, MarkPollock.Com
- Igor Lukšić, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro
- Vuk Jeremić, President, United Nations General Assembly, 67th Session
- Srđa Popović, Executive Director, CANVAS
- Daniel Ek, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Spotify Ltd
- Pierre Maudet, Member of the Executive Council of the State of Geneva in Charge of Security, City of Geneva
- Matthew Parish, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
- Ali Adnan Ibrahim, Vice-President, Al Baraka Banking Group
- Tawakkol Karman, Head, Women Journalists Without Chains
- Shauna Robertson, Founder, CrowdRise
- Lynsey Addario, Freelance Photographer
- Chelsea Clinton, Board Member, Clinton Foundation
- Brian Deese, Deputy Director, National Economic Council (NEC)
- Eric Greitens, Founder and Executive Director, The Mission Continues
- Tony Hsieh, Chief Executive Officer, Zappos.com
- Chris Hughes, Editor-In-Chief, The New Republic
- Leila Janah, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Samasource
- Benjamin Jealous, President and Chief Executive Officer, NAACP
- Jared Polis, Congressman from Colorado (D), 2nd District, United States House of Representatives
- Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
- Clara Shih, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Hearsay Labs
- Nate Silver, Founder, FiveThirtyEight.Com
- Angela Sun, Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive Officer and President, Bloomberg LP
- Anne Wojcicki, Co-Founder, 23andMe Inc.
- Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zuckerberg Media
- Pranav Mistry, Researcher, MIT - Media Laboratory
- Shivinder Mohan Singh, Executive Vice-Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited, India
- Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Documentary Filmmaker, SOC Films
- Saran Kaba Jones, Founder and Executive Director, FACE Africa
- Cobhams Asuquo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CAMP
- Lindiwe Mazibuko, Parliamentary Leader, Democratic Alliance (DA)
- Alex Okosi, Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, Viacom International Media Networks Africa (formerly MTV Networks Africa)
- Aymeric Sallin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, NanoDimension
2012
- Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Executive director, Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies
- Slim Amamou, Partner, Alixsys
- Daniel Bahr, Federal Ministry of Health of Germany
- Eli Beer, Founder and President, United Hatzalah of Israel
- Candy Chang, Artist
- Jane Chen, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Embrace (non-profit) Innovations
- Cesar Conde, President, Univision Networks
- Mohammed Dewji, Group Chief Executive Officer, Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited (MeTL)
- Joshua Dubois, Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service, New York University
- Niall Dunne, Chief Sustainability Officer, BT GroupPlc
- Rachel Haot, Chief Digital Officer, City of New York
- Scott Harrison, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Charity: water
- Ken Howery, Co-Founder and Partner, Founders Fund
- Emmanuel Jal, Hip-Hop, Artist, Writer and Activist
- Josh James, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Domo
- Binoy Job, Director, Prime Minister's Office (India)
- Vimbayi Kajese, TV Presenter, The Charitarian Magazine
- Salman Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Khan Academy
- Vera Kobalia, Politician
- Michał Krupiński, Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Emilio Lozoya Austin, Chief Executive Officer, Pemex - Petroleos Mexicanos
- Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Founder and Chairman, The Mary Foundation
- Greg McKeown, Author and Speaker
- Dalia Mogahed, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mogahed Consulting
- Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
- Aimee Mullins, Athlete, Actress and Design Innovator, Mullins Studio
- Toshihiro (Toshi) Nakamura, co-founder & CEO of Kopernik (organization), a non-profit organization based in Indonesia that connects simple technology with the people in remote communities
- Birgitta Ohlsson, Minister for EU Affairs (Sweden), Office of the Prime Minister of Sweden
- Phạm Tuân, Founder and Chairman, TOPICA Education Group
- Sanjiv Rai, Chairperson and Chief Mentor, Billion Innovators
- Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch, Elected Head, Village Council of Soda
- Nabila Ramdani, Freelance Journalist
- Fatima Bhutto, a writer and journalist from Pakistan active in her country's politics (she is the granddaughter of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto), she has also published two volumes of poetry and contributes to Western news outlets.[5]
- Danny Cohen, Controller of BBC One
- Rajeeb Dey, CEO of Enternships.com
- Wael Ghonim, former head of marketing for Google in the Middle East and North Africa.[5] Ghonim played a prominent role in the Egyptian uprisings in 2011 - he was arrested by police for his administration of the Facebook page "We Are All Khaled Saleed", which helped inspire other activists. He was named by TIME Magazine as one of the most influential people of 2011.[6]
- Drue Kataoka, Artist
- Martha Lane Fox, Co-founder of Lastminute.com
- Greg McKeown (Author), Founder and Chief Executive Officer, THIS Inc[7]
- John Legend, an American singer-songwriter and actor.[5]
- Jonathan Levin (economist), Professor of Economics at Stanford University
- Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Director General of the Royal Commonwealth Society
- George Stroumboulopoulos, television and radio personality at CBC Television
- Rajamanohar Somasundaram, Founder & CEO, Hexolabs Interactive[8]
- Carlos Moncayo, Co-Founder and CEO of Asiam Business Group[9]
- Pardis Sabeti, Associate Professor at Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology
- Rebecca Saxe, Assistant Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Robyn Scott, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OneLeap
- Lara Setrakian, Founder and Executive Editor, News Deeply
- Steven Sim Chee Keong, Member of Parliament, Parliament of Malaysia
- Bright Simons, President, MPedigree Network
- Fred Swaniker, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, African Leadership Academy
- Tan Yinglan, Adjunct Professor, INSEAD
- Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder and Managing Director, Mara Group
- Wang Shuo, Managing Editor, Caixin Media
- Tim Wu, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
- Fasi Zaka, Radio Host and Columnist, Radio One FM91, Express Tribune
- Maickel Melamed, Speaker and social Innovation Agent, MMConsulting, Venezuela
2011
- Anuradha Acharya, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ocimum Bio Solutions
- Wenceslao Casares, Bling Nation Inc. - Co-Chief Executive Officer, Argentina
- Liliana Gil, Johnson & Johnson - Worldwide Marketing and Services Sourcing, Colombia
- Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, Chief Executive Officer, Avatar Digital - South Africa
- Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno - Chief of Staff to the President of Colombia, Colombia
- Guillermo Romo, Grupo Mega - President, Mexico
- Maria Eugenia Vidal, City of Buenos Aires - Minister of Social Work, Argentina
Business
- Adam Werbach, Co-Founder, Yerdle, USA
- Alexa Von Tobel, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LearnVest.com, USA
- Yoshikazu Tanaka, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GREE, Inc., Japan
- Benjamin Skinner, Senior Vice-President, Tau Investment Management, USA
- Dan Senor, Senior Adviser, Elliott Management Corporation, USA
- Fahd Al-Rasheed, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board, King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
- Mir Ibrahim Rahman, Chief Executive Officer, GEO TV Network, Pakistan
- Pan Haidong, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Hudong, People's Republic of China
- Ory Okolloh, Director, Investments, Omidyar Network, South Africa
- Jaime Nack, President and Founder, Three Squares Inc., USA
- Jane McGonigal, Chief Creative Officer, SuperBetter Labs, USA
- Shaffi Mather, Lawyer and Entrepreneur, Mather / Ziqitza, India
- Rima Maktabi, Senior Anchor and Roving Correspondent, Al Arabiya, United Arab Emirates
- Liu Yingxia, President, ACFIC Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd, People's Republic of China
- Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Care.com, USA
- Max Levchin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, HVF, LLC, USA
- Vivek Kundra, Executive Vice-President, Emerging Markets, Salesforce.com, USA
- Basetsana Kumalo, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
- Jessica Jackley, Venture Partner, Collaborative Fund, USA
- Funmi Iyanda, Chief Executive Officer, Ignite Media Limited, Nigeria
- David Hill (businessman), National Managing Partner, Deloitte Private, Deloitte, Australia
- Jeremy Heimans, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Purpose, USA
- Özlem Denizmen, Head of Social Investments, Dogus Group, Turkey
- danah boyd, Principal researcher, Microsoft Research, USA
- Wences Casares, Chief Executive Officer, Lemon Wallet, USA
- Pete Cashmore, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Mashable, USA
- Badr Jafar, President of Crescent Petroleum
- Binoy Job - Director, Prime Ministers Office, India and Founder Leaders For Tomorrow
- Shai Agassi - Israel, Better Place
- Bandar Bin Khalid Al Faisal - Saudi Arabia, Al-Watan newspaper
- Rye Barcott - USA Duke Energy Speechwriter and Special Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Marc Benioff - USA, Salesforce.com Chairman/CEO
- Kumar Mangalam Birla - India, Aditya Birla Group Chairman
- Thor Bjorgolfsson - Iceland, Actavis Chairman
- Sergey Brin - USA, Google, Co-Founder/President
- William F. Browder - Russian Federation, Hermitage Capital Management CEO
- Ángel Cabrera - USA, Spain Thunderbird School of Global Management President
- Lisa Caputo - USA, Women and Co. President/CEO
- Bozidar Djelic - Serbia, Altis Consulting President
- Anthony Francis Fernandes - Malaysia, AirAsia CEO
- Miguel R. Forbes - USA, Forbes VP
- Scott J. Freidheim - USA, Sears Holdings Corporation EVP
- Helen Greiner - USA, iRobot Corporation Chairman
- Stelios Haji-Ioannou - UK, easyGroup Chairman
- Sahar Hashemi - UK, Coffee Republic Co-Founder
- Mellody Hobson - USA, Ariel Capital Management President
- Steve Jurvetson - USA, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Director
- Georges Kern - Switzerland, International Watch Company (IWC) CEO
- Naguib Kheraj - UK, Barclays Bank Group Finance Director
- Ali Y. Koç - Turkey, Koç Holding President
- Sallie Krawcheck - USA, Citigroup CFO
- Aerin Lauder - USA, Estée Lauder SVP
- Victor Li Tzar-kuoi - Hong Kong, Cheung Kong Holdings Director
- Ma Yun (Jack Ma) - China, Alibaba.com CEO
- Ayisi Makatiani - Kenya, Gallium Capital Partners CEO
- Mark P. Mays - USA, Clear Channel Communications President/CEO
- Lorenzo Mendoza - Venezuela, Empresas Polar CEO
- Hiroshi Mikitani - Japan, Rakuten President/CEO
- Axel Miller - Belgium, Dexia Bank Belgium Chairman
- Aditya Mittal - UK, Mittal Steel Company President/CFO
- Bill Nguyen - USA, Seven Networks Founder/CEO
- Larry Page - USA, Google Co-Founder
- Nazir Razak - Malaysia, Commerce International Merchant Bankers CEO
- Anne Richards - UK, Aberdeen Asset Management CIO
- Nathaniel Philip Rothschild - UK, Atticus Capital Co-Chairman
- Ferit Sahenk - Turkey, Dogus Holding Chairman
- William Saito - Japan, InTecur President/CEO
- Malvinder Mohan Singh - India, Ranbaxy Laboratories President
- Jon S. Tetzchner - Norway, Opera Software CEO
- Arzuhan Yalçindag - Turkey, Kanal D CEO
- Zennström, Niklas - UK, Skype
- Zhang Xin[11] - China, SOHO China
Political
All posts held, unless otherwise stated, as of early 2005
- Koichi Yamauchi, Member of the House of Representatives, House of Representatives (Japan), Japan
- Wang Yong (politician), Secretary-General, Brand China Industry Union, People's Republic of China
- Chuka Umunna, Member of Parliament for Streatham, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deepender Singh Hooda, Member of Parliament, Parliament of India, India
- William Saito, Special Adviser, Cabinet Office of Japan, Japan
- Aygül Özkan, Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Family, Health and Integration, State of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
- Shinjirō Koizumi, Member of the House of Representatives, House of Representatives (Japan), Japan
- Mario Martín Delgado, Senator, Senate of the Republic (Mexico), Mexico
- Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou, Member of Parliament, Hellenic Parliament, Greece
- Egemen Bağış, Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator, Ministry of EU Affairs of Turkey, Turkey
- Bharrat Jagdeo - President of Guyana
- Milinda Moragoda - Sri Lanka's Minister of Tourism and served as Minister for Economic Reforms, Science and Technology as well as Deputy Minister for Plan Implementation and Development
- Asanga Abeyagoonasekera-Advisor to Minister of External Affairs Sri Lanka,Executive Director of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies(LKIIRSS)
- Maria Consuelo Araujo - Minister of Culture, Colombia
- Keiichiro Asao - member of House of Councillors of Japan
- Ali Babacan - Minister of State for the Economy, Turkey
- Edward Balls - MP for Normanton, Labour Party, United Kingdom
- Scott Brison - Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Canada
- Yvette Cooper - Member of Parliament, House of Commons, United Kingdom
- Clayton Cosgrove - Member of Parliament, New Zealand
- Thoko Didiza - Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, South Africa
- Valdis Dombrovskis - Member of the European Parliament, Latvia
- Frederik André Henrik Christian (Frederik of Denmark) - Crown Prince of Denmark, Denmark
- Gandhi, Rahul - Congress Member, Parliament of India, India,
- John Githongo - Permanent Secretary for Governance, Office of the President, Kenya
- Haakon Magnus (Haakon Magnus of Norway) - Crown Prince of Norway, Norway
- Naheed Nenshi - Mayor of Calgary, Canada
- Akhilesh Yadav - Chief Minister of Utter Pradesh India, Samajwadi Party
Societal
- Rodrigo Baggio - Executive Director, Center for Digital Inclusion, Brazil
- Alexandra Cousteau, Founder and President, Blue legacy International, USA
- Dave Eggers, Co-Founder, 826 Valencia, USA
Intellectual
- Naoko Yamazaki, Astronaut, JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
- Marin Soljacic, Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
- Amy Finkelstein, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
- Gita Gopinath, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, USA
- Angela Belcher - Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
- Afshin Molavi - Author and Journalist, New America Foundation, USA[12]
- James Bradfield Moody - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
- Stephen Frost, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games - United Kingdom
- Beatrice Weder di Mauro - German Council of Economic Experts and Professor of International Macroeconomics, University of Mainz, Germany
Arts and culture
- Zhou Xun, Actress, ZhouXun Studio, People's Republic of China
- Zoe Keating, Cellist and Composer, Canada
- Daniela Mercury - singer, Brazil
- Achinoam Nini (Noa) - singer/songwriter, More Productions Israel
- Ruslana - singer/songwriter, Ukraine
Opinion
- Thomas Crampton[13] - Correspondent, International Herald Tribune/The New York Times, Paris
2010
Europe
- Cenk Aydin - CEO / Founder, HFSA, Halikarnas Financial Services and Advisory[15] United Kingdom
- Fatmir Besimi - Deputy Prime Minister for the European Affairs - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia
- Carme Chacón - Member of the party - Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol - Spain
- Ben Goldsmith - Partner - WHEB Group - United Kingdom
- Lucy Hockings - Presenter - BBC World News - United Kingdom
- Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway - Royal Palace, Oslo - Norway
- Stephan Morais - Executive director - Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Portugal
- Zoya Phan - Campaigns manager - Burma Campaign UK - United Kingdom
- Philipp Rösler - Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economics and Technology - Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy - Germany
- Vincent Van Quickenborne - Mayor - City of Kortrijk - Belgium
- Lisa Witter - Chief Optimist - WITTER Ventures - Germany
Middle East - Africa
- Gila Gamliel - Deputy Minister for Advancement of Young People, Students and Women of Israel - Office of the Prime Minister (Israel) - Israel
- Tal Keinan - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - KCPS Clarity - Israel
- Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud - Executive Chairman - Dayim Holdings - Saudi Arabia
- Jacob Lief - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Ubuntu Education Fund - South Africa
- Lewis Pugh - Founder - Our Blue Future - South Africa
- Kimmie Weeks - Founder and Executive Director - Youth Action International (YAI) - Liberia
America
- Esteban Bullrich - Minister of Education - City of Buenos Aires - Argentina
- Julian Castro - Mayor of San Antonio - City of San Antonio - USA
- Anand Chandrasekaran - Chief Product Officer - Bharti Airtel
- Steve Chen - Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder - AVOS Systems - USA
- Peter L. Corsell - Chairman of the Board - GridPoint - USA
- Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins - Chief Executive Officer - Green for All - USA
- Manisha Girotra - Country Head - Moelis & Company - USA
- Kellie Leitch - Chair, Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership - Richard Ivey Business School - Canada
- Marissa Mayer - Chief Executive Officer - Yahoo! - USA
- Oliver Niedermaier - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Tau Investment Management - USA
- Rebecca Onie - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Health Leads - USA
- Ricken Patel - Executive Director and Co-Founder - Avaaz - USA
- Michelle Rhee - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - StudentsFirst - USA
- Luis von Ahn - Associate Professor of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University - USA
- Nathan Wolfe - Chief Executive Officer and Founder - Metabiota - USA
Asia-Pacific
- Umar Saif - Professor LUMS & Founder, Saif Centre of Innovation(SCI) Pakistan
- Winston Damarillo - CEO / Founder, Morphlabs, Morphlabs[16] Philippines
- Nandita Das - Actress, Director and Activist - India
- Karen Davila - News Anchor and Correspondent - ABS-CBN News Channel - ABS-CBN Television Network - Philippines
- Mina Guli - Chief Executive Officer - Thirst - People's Republic of China - China
- Wyclef Jean - Ambassador-at-Large of the Republic of Haiti - Haiti
- Kevin Lu - Regional Director, Asia-Pacific - MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency - World Bank Group - Singapore
- Marlene Malahoo Forte - Senator - Houses of Parliament of Jamaica - Jamaica
- Sandeep Naik - Managing director - General Atlantic - India
- Farida Nekzad - Managing Editor and Deputy Director - Pajhwok Afghan News - Afghanistan
- Sanjeev Sanyal - Global Strategist - Deutsche BankAG - Singapore
- Muhammad Ali Tabba - Chief Executive - Lucky Cement - Pakistan
- Ian Thorpe - Founder - Fountain for Youth - Australia
- Sangeeth Varghese - Chairman and Founder - LeadCap Trust - India
- Serpil Timuray - Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Africa, Middle East, Asia Pacific - Vodafone - Turkey
2009
Europe
- Jens Martin Skibsted - Denmark
- Alexander Stubb - Finland
- Claudia Hengst - Germany
- Michael Schumacher - Germany
- Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg - Germany
- Roberto Bolle - Italy
- Javier Santiso - Spain
- Nyamko Sabuni - Sweden
- Christoph Sutter - Switzerland
- Kirill Dmitriev - Ukraine
- Chris Martin - UK
- Michael Birch - UK
- Brent Hoberman - UK
- Antonio Simoes - UK
- Pascale Bruderer-Wyss - State Councillor of Switzerland - Council of States (Switzerland) - Switzerland
- Omar Saif Ghobash - Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Russian Federation - Embassy of the United Arab Emirates - Russian Federation - Russia
- Brent Hoberman - Executive Chairman - Mydeco.com - United Kingdom
- Parag Khanna - Senior Fellow - New America Foundation - United Kingdom
- Emília Sičáková-Beblavá - President - Transparency International - Slovakia
Middle East / Africa
- Yair Goldfinger - Israel
- Habib Haddad - Lebanon
- Abdulsalam Haykal - Syria
- Laila Lalami - Morocco
- Vinny Lingham - South Africa
- Euvin Naidoo- President & CEO, South African Chamber of Commerce in America (SACCA), South Africa
- Tewodros Ashenafi - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Southwestern Energy (HK) Ltd - Ethiopia
- Julie Gichuru - Television Host and Entrepreneur - Arimus Media Limited - Kenya
- Dambisa Moyo - Author - Zambia
- Euvin Naidoo - Co-President - South African Chamber of Commerce in America (SACCA) - South Africa
North America
- Suranga Chandratillake - Founder and CEO, blinkx PLC, USA
- Mark Hanis - Co-Founder, Genocide Intervention Network (now United to End Genocide), USA
- Marisol Argueta de Barillas - Senior Director, Head of Latin America - World Economic Forum USA - USA
- Ronit Avni - Founder and Executive Director - Just Vision - USA
- Elena Barmakova - Founder - Fontvieille Capital Inc. - USA
- Suranga Chandratillake - Founder and Chief Strategy Officer - blinkx - USA
- David Chiu (politician) - President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors - City Hall - USA
- Chad Hurley - Founder - AVOS Systems - USA
- Laila Lalami - Assistant Professor, Creative Writing - University of Southern California, Riverside - USA
- Tan Le - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Emotiv Systems - USA
- Vinny Lingham - Chief Executive Officer - Gyft - USA
- Samantha Nutt - Founder and Executive Director - War Child (charity) - Canada
- Eboo Patel - Founder and President - Interfaith Youth Core - USA
- Premal Shah - President - Kiva (organization) - USA
- Shen Wei - Founder - Shen Wei Dance Arts - USA
- Kristen Silverberg - Chief Operating Officer - Vorbeck Materials - USA
- Brent Stirton - Senior Photographer - Getty Images - USA
- Mark Zuckerberg - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Facebook - USA
Asia/Pacific
- Anies Baswedan - President - Paramadina University - Indonesia
- Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt - Chairman of the Board - Equity Investment Trust LLC (EIT) - Mongolia
- Christopher de Souza - Member of Parliament - List of Singapore MPs - Parliament of Singapore - Singapore
- Nia Dinata - Film Director and Producer - Kalyana Shira Films - Indonesia
- Tōru Hashimoto - Mayor of Osaka City - City of Osaka - Japan
- Abdulsalam Haykal - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Haykal Media - Syria
- Fawzia Koofi - Member of Parliament - Wolesi Jirga - House of the People (Afghanistan) - Afghanistan
- Butet Manurung - Jungle School Educator and Conservationist - SOKOLA - Australia
- Eunice Olsen - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - WomenTalkTV Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Wikipedia:Silverius Oscar Unggul - Founder - JAUH - Indonesia
- Amit Wanchoo - Managing Director - Eaton Laboratories - India
- Wen Bo - Programme Director - Air and Water Conservation Fund, National Geographic Society - People's Republic of China
2008
Asia/Pacific
- Rory Stewart, Chief Executive, Turquoise Mountain Foundation, Afghanistan
- Cameron Clyne, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), Australia
- H.R.H. King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan, Bhutan
- Somaly Mam, Director, AFESIP, Cambodia
- Anoushka Shankar, Musician, Sitar player, India
- Barkha Dutt, Senior Editor, New Delhi Television (NDTV), India
- Allah Rakha Rahman, Music Composer, India
- Sabeer Bhatia, Chairman, Bhatia Enterprises, India
- Suhas Gopinath, Chief Executive Officer and President, Globals Inc., India
- Jehangir Wadia, Chairman, Wadia Group, India
- Sachin Pilot, Member of Parliament, India, India, India
- Sandeep P Parekh, Executive Director, Enforcement and Legal Affairs, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), India
- Vikram K. Akula, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, SKS Microfinance, India
- Trilochan Sastry, Founder and Director, Association for Democratic Reform & Centre for Collective Development, India
- Naomi Kawase, Film Director, Japan
- Norika Fujiwara, Actress and Journalist, Japan
- Kiyohiko Toyama, Member, New Komeito Party, Japan
- Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA Astronaut, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
- Risa Wataya, Author, Japan
- Taku Otsuka, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan, Japan
- Hideki Makihara, Member of Parliament, Japan
- Mark Weldon, Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand Exchange, New Zealand
- Hina Rabbani Khar, State Minister for Economic Affairs and Statistics, Economic Affairs Division, Pakistan, Pakistan
- Liang Xinjun, Co-Founder and Vice-President, Fosun High-Tech Group, People's Republic of China
- Zhu Jun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The9 Limited, People's Republic of China
- Charles Chao, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sina.com, People's Republic of China
- Yiyun Li, Author, People's Republic of China
- Lei Liang, Composer, People's Republic of China
- Xin Zhou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, E-House (China) Holdings, People's Republic of China
- Michael Ma Jun, Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, People's Republic of China
- Peng Xiaofeng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, LDK Solar, People's Republic of China
- Francis Joseph Escudero, Senator, Philippines
- Sarah Chang, Violinist, Republic of Korea
- Jin Kim, Attorney, LeeAn, Republic of Korea
- Hines Ward, Founder, Hines Ward Helping Hands Foundation, Republic of Korea
- Adrian Cheok, Director, Mixed Reality Lab, NUS, Singapore
- C. V. Madhukar, Director, Omidyar Network India Advisors Pvt. Ltd, India
- Sandeep P Parekh, Founder, Finsec Law Advisors, India
Europe
- Severin Schwan, Member of the Corporate Executive Committee, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Austria
- Aaron McCormack, Chief Executive Officer, BT Conferencing, BT, Belgium
- Ivo Lukacovic, Founder and Chairman, Seznam.cz, Czech Republic
- Anu Tali, Music Director, Estonia
- Yannick Bolloré, Directeur des programmes, Direct 8, France
- Rama Yade, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Republic of France, France
- Tariq Krim, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Netvibes, France
- Steffi Graf, Founder and Chairperson, Children for Tomorrow, Germany
- Lars Hinrichs, Chief Executive Officer, Xing, Germany
- Rula Jebreal, Author and Journalist, Rai Due, Italy
- Francesco Vezzoli, Artist, Italy
- Karien van Gennip, Member of the House of Representatives, Netherlands
- Gustavo Cardoso, Professor, ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, Portugal
- Anders Borg, Minister of Finance of Sweden, Sweden, Sweden
- Mattias Klum, Photographer, Sweden
- Elizabeth Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Shine, United Kingdom
- Danny Rimer, Partner, Index Ventures, United Kingdom
- Jamie Mitchell, Managing Director, Innocent Drinks, United Kingdom
- Cameron Sinclair, Co-Founder, Architecture for Humanity, United Kingdom
- Liz Lloyd, Consultant, Office of the Prime Minister, United Kingdom
- Ed Miliband, Minister of the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Zac Goldsmith, Head, Ecologist Magazine, United Kingdom
- Andrey Kolodyuk, Founder and Chairman of the Board, AVentures Capital, Ukraine
- Gabriel Naouri, Head of Brand, Digital and Innovation, Groupe Casino, France
Latin America/Caribbean
- Andrés Freire, Chief Executive Officer, Axialent, Argentina
- Luis Alberto Camargo, Founder & Director, OpEPA, Colombia
- Shakira Mebarak, Singer and Manager, Pies Descalzos Foundation, Colombia
- Carlos Loret de Mola, Anchor and Director, Newsprogramme, Grupo Televisa, Mexico
- Martín Lousteau, Director, País Porvenir, Minister of Economy of Argentina, Argentina
Mideast/North Africa
- H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman, Dubai Executive Council, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
- Bahman Ghobadi, Film Maker and Photographer, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Lalla Salma, Queen of Morocco, Kingdom of Morocco, Morocco
- Merieme Chadid, Explorer/Astronomer, Concordia Research Station, Antarctica, Morocco
- Wadah Khanfar, Director-General, Al Jazeera Satellite Network, Qatar
North America
- Kirstine Layfield, Director of Programming, CBC Television, Canada
- John R. Baird, Minister of Environment of Canada, Canada, Canada
- Diana Chen, Chairwoman, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
- Eric Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Space Adventures, USA
- Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, State of Louisiana, USA
- Caroline Hoxby, Professor of Economics, Stanford University, USA
- Lydia Polgreen, Journalist, The New York Times, USA
- Roy Harvey, Plant Manager, Alcoa San Ciprian, USA
- Casey Wasserman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wasserman Media Group, USA
- Anderson Cooper, Anchor, 360°, CNN, USA
- Geoff Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Unitus, USA
- Nicole Nason, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, USA
- George Walker, Managing Director and Global Head of Investment Management, Lehman Brothers, USA
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Actor, USA
- Adam H. Putnam, Congressman from Florida (Republican), 12th District, US, U.S. Congress, USA
- Susan Athey, Professor for Economics, Harvard University, USA
- David Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Euro RSCG Worldwide, USA
- Elon Musk, Chairman, Tesla Motors, USA
- Kimberly A. Moore, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, USA
- Kara Walker, Artist and Professor, School of the Arts, Columbia University, USA
- Mia Hamm, Founder, Mia Hamm Foundation, USA
- Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief Executive Officer and President, Expedia, USA
- Artur Davis, Congressman from Alabama (Democrat), 7th District, USA, U.S. Congress, USA
- Laura Alber, President, Williams-Sonoma, USA
- Patrick Ramsey, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch, USA
- Tony Hawk, Founder, Tony Hawk Foundation, USA
- Daniel Lubetzky, Chief Executive Officer, KIND LLC; Founder, PeaceWorks Foundation, USA
- Jared Genser, Managing Director, Perseus Strategies LLC, USA
- Adam Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer services, USA
- Enric Sala, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society, USA
- Paul van Zyl, Chief Executive Officer, Maiyet, USA
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Joseph Kabila, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- James Shikwati, Founder and President, Inter-Region Economic, Kenya
- Karim Wade, Special Advisor to the President of Senegal, Senegal, Senegal
- Natalie du Toit, Athlete and Ability Rights Activist, South Africa
- Tumi Makgabo, Head of Communications, 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee, South Africa
- Ernie Els, Founder, The Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation, South Africa
- Ferial Haffajee, Editor-in-chief, Mail & Guardian, South Africa
- John Bul Dau, Founder, John Dau Sudan Foundation, Sudan
- Andrew Mwenda, Political Editor, The Monitor Publications, Uganda
2007
Business
- Richard Stromback[20] Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ecology Coatings, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOC)
- Muna Abu-Sulayman[21] Humanitarian, philanthropist and one of the most influential Muslims in the world
- Kota Matsuda,[22] Founder of Tully's Coffee Japan, Member of The House of Councillors,Japan
- Jimmy Wales, Co-founder and promoter, Wikipedia, United Kingdom
- Anousheh Ansari, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Prodea Systems Inc., USA
- Adam Bly, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Seed (magazine), USA
- Ozwald Boateng, Founder, Bespoke Couture Ltd, United Kingdom
- Marcelo Claure, President, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Brightstar Corporation,USA
- Tanya Dubash, Executive Director and Chief Brand Officer, Godrej Group, India
- Tony Fadell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nest Labs, USA
- Naveen Jindal, Chairman, Jindal Steel and Power, India
- Daniel Lubetzky, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, KIND Healthy Snacks, USA
- David McWilliams, Broadcaster, Writer and Commentator, McWilliams Productions, Ireland
- Raju Narisetti, Senior Vice-President and Deputy Head of Strategy, News Corporation, USA
- Kohei Nishiyama, Chairman and Founder, elephant design Co.Ltd, Japan
- Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board, Facebook, USA
- Christopher Schläffer, Chief Executive Officer, yetu AG, Germany
- Andrew Ross Sorkin, Financial columnist, The New York Times, USA
- Peter Thiel, Partner, Founders Fund, USA
- Leo Tilman, President, L.M.Tilman & Co. Inc., USA
- Wen Yunsong, Chairman, China Satellite Communications Co. Ltd. Chinasat, China, People's Republic of China
- Robert S. Wiesenthal, Chief Operating Officer, Corporate, Warner Music Group, USA
Arts and culture
- Lera Auerbach: Composer, pianist, writer
- Tomomi Nishimoto: Conductor
- Ian Bremmer, Global Research Professor, New York University, USA
- Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School, USA
- Tomasz Lis, Anchor, Telewizja Polska, Poland
- Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Queen of Belgium, Royal Palace of Belgium, Belgium
- Jehane Noujaim, Director, Noujaim Films Inc., USA
- Julian Rachlin, Violinist/Violist/Conductor/UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, USA
- David Mayer de Rothschild, Chief Executive Officer, MYOO, USA
Political
- Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
- Kate Garvey, former aide of prime minister, Tony Blair, United Kingdom
- Kevin Casas Zamora, Secretary for Political Affairs, Organization of American States, OAS, USA
- Ryuhei Kawada, Member of the House of Councillors, House of Councillors, Japan
- Kota Matsuda, Member of the House of Councillors, House of Councillors of Japan, Japan
- Arthur Mutambara, Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Office of the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
- Rolph Payet, Minister of Environment and Energy, Ministry of Environment and Energy of Seychelles, Seychelles
- Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, Mexican Presidency, Mexico
- Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Ministry of Power (India), India
- Teo Ser Luck, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore), Singapore
- Keisuke Tsumura, Member of the House of Representatives, House of Representatives (Japan), Japan
- Álvaro Vargas Llosa, Director, Center on Global Prosperity at the The Independent Institute, USA
Societal
- Roberts, Kate, Director and Founder, YouthAIDS and Five & Alive, Vice-President, Population Services International (PSI), USA
- Marc Kielburger, Co-founder, Free the Children, Canada
- Nancy Lublin, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Old Person, Do Something, USA
- Zainab Salbi, Founder, Women for Women International, USA
- Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA
- Rajiv Shah, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development, USA
2006
Intellectuals
- Daron Acemoglu: Professor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Payam Akhavan: Professor of Law, McGill University Faculty of Law, Canada
- Brian Behlendorf: Founder and Chief Technology Officer, CollabNet, USA
- Angel Cabrera: President, Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, USA
- Hilary Cottam: Founder and Partner, Participle[24]
- Esther Duflo: Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Sergei Guriev: CEO, Centre for Economic and Financial Research, Russia
- Ayanna M. Howard: Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Ivan Krastev: Chairman of the Board and Research Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria
- Sedat Laçiner: Director, International Strategic Research Organization (USAK-ISRO), Turkey
- Corinna E. Lathan: Founder and CEO, Anthrotronix Inc., USA
- Martin Nowak: Professor of Mathematics and Biology, Harvard University, Department of Mathematics, USA
- Gadi Taub: Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Keith Schwab: Professor of Physics, Cornell University, USA
- Michael Auslin, Resident Scholar, The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, USA
Political
- Christopher Alexander: Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA), Canada
- Joe Hockey: Minister for Human Services, Australia
- Patrick J. Kennedy: Representative, Rhode Island, US House of Representatives, USA
- Kwame Kilpatrick: Mayor, City of Detroit, USA
- Kevin J. Martin: Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, USA
- Plata Páez, Luis Guillermo: CEO, Proexport, Colombia
- Nilmini Gunaratne Rubin: Professional Staff Member, International Economics, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, USA
- Wisse Smit, Mabel Martine: European Action Council for Peace in the Balkans, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Elders, European Council on Foreign Relations, Netherlands
- Hafsat Abiola, Special Adviser and Member of the State Cabinet, Government of the State of Ogun, Ogun State, Nigeria
- Collen Gwiyo, Secretary-General, Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU), affiliated to Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Zimbabwe
- Nilmini Gunaratne Rubin, Senior Adviser, United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, USA
- Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun, Minister of Environment and Green Development, Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia, Mongolia
- Nahathai Thewphaingarm, Political and Member of Parliament, Thailand (2005-2006), National Assembly of Thailand, Thewphaingarm School; Nathathai Co. Ltd, Thailand
Arts and culture
- Viswanathan Anand: Chess Player, India
- Ólafur Elíasson: Artist, Denmark
- Grimaud, Hélène: Pianist, France
- Michael Hersch: Composer, USA
- Kameric, Sejla: Member, European Cultural Parliament, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Lang Lang: Pianist, People's Republic of China
- Midori Goto: Violinist, Japan
- Tiago Monteiro: Formula One Driver, Portugal
- Shazia Sikander: Artist, Pakistan
- Chris Tucker: Actor and Producer, Eternal Entertainment, USA
- Jorge Volpi: Writer, Mexico
- Patrick Chappatte, Editorial Cartoonist, Globe Cartoon, Switzerland
Societal
- Shami Chakrabarti: Director, Liberty (Human Rights Group), United Kingdom
- Oung Chanthol: Founder and Executive Director, Cambodian Women's Crisis Center (CWCC), Cambodia
- Johann Olav Koss: President and CEO, Right to Play, Norway
- Ellen MacArthur: Founder, Ellen MacArthur Trust, United Kingdom
- Johann Olav Koss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Right To Play International, Canada
- Oung Chanthol, Founder and Executive Director, CWCC (Cambodian Women's Crisis Center), Cambodia
Opinion
- Tyler Brûlé: Chairman/Creative Director, Winkorp, Canada
- William J. Dobson: Managing Editor, Foreign Policy, USA
- Mondli Makhanya: Editor, Sunday Times, South Africa
- Manji, Irshad: President, Project Ijtihad, Canada
- Shadi Sadr : Editor-in-Chief, Women in Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Business
- J Allard - Corporate Vice-president, Microsoft, USA
- Christophe Beck - Member of the Executive Board, Nestlé Deutschland A.G and Managing Director, Maggi GmbH, Switzerland
- David Blumer - CEO, Asset Management division, Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland
- Scott J. Freidheim - Global Head of Strategy, Lehman Brothers, USA
- Darko Horvat - Founder, Chairman and CEO, AKTIVA Holdings, Slovenia
- Khairy Jamaluddin - Deputy leader, United Malays National Organisation for Youth (UMNO YOUTH), Malaysia
- Prasoon Joshi - Regional Creative Director, McCann Erickson, India
- Ekta Kapoor - Creative Director, Balaji Telefilms Limited, India
- Ma Huateng - CEO, Executive Director and Chairman, Tencent, People's Republic of China
- Bo Peabody - Co-Founder and Managing General Partner, Village Ventures, USA
- Alejandro Santo Domingo - Member of the Board of Directors, Grupo Empresarial Bavaria, Colombia
- Jonathan Schwartz - President and Chief Operating Officer, Sun Microsystems, USA
- Ihor Shevchenko - Managing Partner, Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners, Ukraine
- Suhas Gopinath - CEO & President, Globals Inc India
- Ruben Vardanian - President and CEO, Troika Dialog, Russia
- Xu Ming - President, Dalian Shide Group, People's Republic of China
- Kamal Bahamdan, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Bahamdan Group, Saudi Arabia
- Maria Bartiromo, Anchor, Closing Bell; Anchor and Managing Editor, On the Money (2013 TV series), CNBC, USA
- Corinna E. Lathan, Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer, AnthroTronix Inc., USA
- Kevin Martin (FCC), Attorney, Patton Boggs LLP, USA
- Joshua Cooper Ramo, Vice-Chairman, Kissinger Associates, USA
- Suzan Sabancı Dinçer, Chairman and Executive Board Member, Akbank, Turkey
- Ruben Vardanian, Adviser to the President and Chairman of the Board, Sberbank, Russia
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