List of Young Global Leaders

This is a list of notable 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]

2015

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East Asia

Hugh Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Global Poverty Project; Australia
Morgan Marquis-Boire, Director of Security, First Look Media; New Zealand
Victoria Ransom, Director of Product Wildfire, Google Inc.; New Zealand
Lee Jun-seok, Chair, Innovation Committee, Saenuri Party; South Korea
Thum Ping Tjin, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford; Singapore

Europe

Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation, Digital Agenda, Telecom and Postal Services, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation; Belgium
Franziska Maria Keller, Member, European Parliament; Belgium
Tomáš Sedláček, Chief Macroeconomic Strategist, Československá obchodní banka; Czech Republic
Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Chair of EU Law and Risk Regulation, HEC Paris; France
Kakha Kaladze, Minister, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources; Georgia
Andris Nelsons, Music Director, Boston Symphony Orchestra; Latvia
Daan Roosegaarde, Artist, Studio Roosegaarde; Netherlands
Gunhild Stordalen, Founder and Chair, Stordalen Foundation; Norway
Chulpan Khamatova, Actress and Founder, Give Life; Russia
Guillaume Barazzone, Head of the Department of Environment and Security, Swiss Parliament; Switzerland
Şafak Pavey, Member, Grand National Assembly of Turkey; Turkey
Liv Garfield, Chief Executive Officer, Severn Trent plc; UK
Ruzwana Bashir, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Peek.com; UK
Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback; UK

Greater China

Hugo Barra, Vice President, Xiaomi; China
James Chau, News Anchor, China Central Television; China
Li Na, Tennis Player; China
Philip Tinari, Director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art; China

Latin America & the Caribbean

Ronaldo Lemos, Professor and Director, Fundação Getúlio Vargas; Brazil
Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata, Founder and President, Manos Visibles; Colombia
Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito, Government of Quito; Ecuador
Aurelio Nuño Mayer, Chief of Staff, Office of the President of Mexico; Mexico

Middle East & North Africa

Khaled Al Sabawi, Founder and President, TABO Palestine; Palestinian Territories
Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud, Chief Executive Officer, Alfa International; Saudi Arabia

North America

Brian Gallant, Leader of the Liberal Party, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; Canada
Adam Grant, Professor, Management and Psychology, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; USA
Alyssa Mastromonaco, Contributing Editor, Marie Claire; USA
Andrew Ng, Co-Founder and Chairman, Coursera; USA
Elise Stefanik, Congresswoman from New York (R), 21st District, United States House of Representatives; USA
Elizabeth Holmes, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Theranos; USA
George P. Bush, Commissioner-elec, Texas General Land Office; USA
G. Willow Wilson, Comics Writer; USA
Ivanka Trump, Vice President, Development and Acquisitions, The Trump Organization; USA
Julie Smolyansky, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, Lifeway Foods; USA
Lauren Bush Lauren, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FEED Projects; USA
Logan Green, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lyft; USA
Lyndon Rive, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SolarCity; USA
Matt Mullenweg, Founder, WordPress; USA
Megan Ellison, Founder, Annapurna Pictures; USA
Michelle Dipp, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OvaScience Inc.; USA
Thomas W. Farley, President, New York Stock Exchange; USA
Tom Cotton, Senator from Arkansas (R), United States Senate; USA
Tracy Britt Cool, Chief Executive Officer, Pampered Chef; USA
Tulsi Gabbard, Congresswoman from Hawaii (D), 2nd District, United States House of Representatives; USA
Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; USA
Zachary Bogue, Founder, Data Collective; USA

South Asia

Roya Mahboob, Chief Executive Officer, Afghan Citadel Software Company, Afghanistan
Ameera Shah, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd.; India
Ashish Goyal, Portfolio Manager, BlueCrest Capital Management; India
Gaurav Gogoi, Member, Parliament of India; India
Krithi Karanth, Executive Director, Centre for Wildlife Studies; India
Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister, Ministry of Human Resource Development; India
Gagan Thapa, Member of Parliament, Legislature Parliament of Nepal; Nepal
Shamoon Sultan, Chief Executive Officer, Khaadi; Pakistan

2014

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East Asia

Dorjee Sun, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Conservation; Australia
Ricky Wong, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Asia Media; Malaysia
Jacinda Ardern, Member of Parliament, New Zealand Labour Party; New Zealand
Deng Fei, Director, Journalist Department, Phoenix Weekly; China
Liu Qiangdong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JD.com; China
Ma Yansong, Founder and Principal Architect, MAD architects; China
Andrea Pasinetti, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Teach For China; China

Europe

Marietje Schaake, Member, European Parliament; Belgium
René Redzepi, Founder and Chef, Noma; Denmark
Philipp Missfelder, Member of the German Parliament and Federal Chairman of the Youth Party CDU; Germany
Johannes Weber, Managing Director, Social Venture Fund; Germany
Natalia Vodianova, Founder and President, Naked Heart Foundation; Russia
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; UK
Patrick Allen, Head of News, Europe, Middle East and Africa, CNBC; UK
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience, University College London; UK
Belinda Parmar, Chief Executive Officer and Author, Lady Geek; UK

Latin America & the Caribbean

Julia Bacha, Filmmaker and Creative Director, Just Vision; Brazil
Monique Péan, Founder, The Vanessa Péan Foundation; Haiti
Sandro Salsano, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Columbus Frontiers Investment Management; Panama

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; Canada
Nolan Watson, Chairman, CEO 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, US 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
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; USA
Nate Morris, Co-Founder and CEO of Rubicon Global; USA

South Asia

Farhan Akhtar, Film Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Singer, Producer and Choreographer, Excel Entertainment; India
Sachin Bansal, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Flipkart.com; India
Avani Davda, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Starbucks Ltd.; India
Nandini Piramal, Executive Director and Head of Human, Piramal Enterprises Ltd.; India
Anurag Thakur, President, Bharatiya Janata Party; 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

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East Asia

Jeremy Howard, President and Chief Scientist, Kaggle; Australia
Daisuke Tsuda, Media Activist and Chief Executive Officer, Neo-logue inc.; Japan
Simon Bridges, Minister of Labour and of Energy and Resources; New Zealand
Kelly Zong, President, Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co.; China

Europe

Dries Buytaert, Founder and Project Lead, Drupal; Belgium
Ida Auken, Minister of the Environment; Denmark
Urmas Paet, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Estonia
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of Women's Rights and Government Spokesperson; France
Arnaud Ventura, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PlaNet Finance; France
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Writer and Film Director; Germany
Mark Pollock, Adventurer, Athlete and Author, MarkPollock.Com; Ireland
Michel Martone, Professor at the Law Faculty, University of Teramo; Italy
Igor Lukšić, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro; Montenegro
Vuk Jeremić, President, United Nations General Assembly, 67th Session; Serbia
Srđa Popović, Executive Director, CANVAS; Serbia
Daniel Ek, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Spotify Ltd.; Sweden
Pierre Maudet, Member of the Executive Council of the State of Geneva in Charge of Security; Switzerland
Matthew Parish, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP; Switzerland
Aymeric Sallin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, NanoDimension; Switzerland
Nat Wei, Member of the House of Lords; United Kingdom

Latin America & the Caribbean

Panmela Castro, Artist; Brazil

Middle East & North Africa

Ali Adnan Ibrahim, Vice-President, Al Baraka Banking Group; Bahrain
Tawakkol Karman, Head, Women Journalists Without Chains; Yemen

North America

Shauna Robertson, Founder, CrowdRise; Canada
Lynsey Addario, Freelance Photographer; USA
Chelsea Clinton, Board Member, Clinton Foundation; USA
Brian Deese, Deputy Director, National Economic Council; USA
Wendy Dent, Writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur Wendy Dent InterMedia, Visiting Scholar University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts; USA
Eric Greitens, Founder and Executive Director, The Mission Continues; USA
Tony Hsieh, Chief Executive Officer, Zappos.com; USA
Chris Hughes, Editor-In-Chief, The New Republic; USA
Leila Janah, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Samasource; USA
Benjamin Jealous, President and Chief Executive Officer, NAACP; USA
Jared Polis, Congressman from Colorado (D), 2nd District, United States House of Representatives; USA
Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance; USA
Clara Shih, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hearsay Labs; USA
Nate Silver, Founder, FiveThirtyEight.Com; USA
Angela Sun, Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive Officer and President, Bloomberg LP; USA
Anne Wojcicki, Co-Founder, 23andMe Inc.; USA
Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zuckerberg Media; USA

South Asia

Pranav Mistry, Researcher, MIT Media Lab; India
Shivinder Mohan Singh, Executive Vice-Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited; India
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Documentary Filmmaker, SOC Films; Pakistan

Sub-Saharan Africa

Dorcas Muthoni, Chief Executive Officer, Openworld Ltd.; Kenya
Saran Kaba Jones, Founder and Executive Director, FACE Africa; Liberia
Cobhams Asuquo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CAMP; Nigeria
Tara Fela-Durotoye, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, House of Tara International; Nigeria
Lindiwe Mazibuko, Parliamentary Leader, Democratic Alliance; South Africa
Alex Okosi, Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, Viacom International Media Networks; South Africa
January Ysuf Makamba, Deputy Minister of Communications, Science and Technology; Tanzania

2012

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East Asia

Drue Kataoka, Artist; Japan
Toshihiro Nakamura, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kopernik; Japan
Steven Sim Chee Keong, City Councillor, Province Wellesley Municipal Council; Malaysia
Wang Shuo, Managing Editor, Caixin Media; China
Tan Yinglan, Head, National Research Foundation, Projects Division, Office of the Prime Minister; Singapore
Phạm Tuân, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TOPICA Education Group; Vietnam

Europe

H.R.H. Mary Elizabeth of Denmark, Founder, The Mary Foundation; Denmark
Nabila Ramdani, Freelance Journalist; France
Vera Kobalia, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development; Georgia
Daniel Bahr, Federal Ministry of Health of Germany; Germany
Niall Dunne, Chief Sustainability Officer, BT Group; Ireland
Michał Krupiński, Head of Global Banking and Markets Unit, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Poland
Birgitta Ohlsson, Minister for European Union Affairs; Sweden
Danny Cohen, Controller, BBC One; UK
Rajeeb Dey, Chief Executive Officer, Enternships.com; UK
Martha Lane Fox, UK Digital Champion appointed by the Governmentof the United Kingdom, Go On UK; UK
Robyn Scott, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OneLeap; UK

Latin America & the Caribbean

Carlos Moncayo,^[6] Chief Executive Officer, Asiam Business Group; Ecuador
Emilio Lozoya Austin, Co-Founder and Executive Board Member, JF Holding; Mexico
Maickel Melamed, Speaker and Social Innovation Agent, MMConsulting; Venezuela

Middle East & North Africa

Wael Ghonim,^[7] Middle East and North Africa Marketing Manager, Google; Egypt
Eli Beer, Founder and President, United Hatzalah of Israel; Israel
Slim Amamou, Chief Executive Officer, Alixsys; Tunisia
Dalia Mogahed, Executive Director and Senior Analyst, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies; United Arab Emirates

North America

George Stroumboulopoulos, Broadcaster, CBC Television; Canada
Tim Wu, Senior Advisor, Federal Trade Commission; Canada
Candy Chang, Artist and Co-Founder, Civic Center; USA
Jane Chen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Embrace; USA
Cesar Conde, President, Univision Networks; USA
Joshua DuBois, Executive Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships; USA
Scott Harrison, Founder, Charity: Water; USA
Ken Howery, Co-Founder and Partner, Founders Fund; USA
Josh James, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Domo Inc.; USA
Salman Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Khan Academy; USA
John Legend,^[7] Founder, The Show Me Campaign; USA
Jonathan Levin, Professor of Economics, Stanford University; USA
Greg McKeown, Chief Executive Officer, THIS Inc.; USA
Aimee Mullins, Athlete, Actress and Design Innovator, Mullins Studio; USA
Pardis Sabeti, Assistant Professor, Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology; USA
Rebecca Saxe, Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; USA
Lara Setrakian, Correspondent, ABC News-Bloomberg Television; USA
Rachel Sterne, Chief Digital Officer, City of New York; USA

South Asia

Binoy Job, Director and Official Spokesperson for the Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister's Office; India
Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Economics, Harvard University; India
Sanjiv Rai, Founder and Chairperson, ARE Technologies; India
Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch of Soda, Municipal Government of Soda; India
Rajamanohar Somasundaram,^[8] Founder and Managing Director, Hexolabs; India
Fatima Bhutto,^[7] Author and Poet; Pakistan
Fasi Zaka, Radio Host and Columnist, MTV Pakistan; Pakistan
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Executive director, LKIIRSS; Sri Lanka
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Director, Royal Commonwealth Society; Sri Lanka

Sub-Saharan Africa

Bright Simons, President, MPedigree Network; Ghana
Fred Swaniker, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, African Leadership Academy; Ghana
Emmanuel Jal, Singer and Activist; Sudan
Mohammed Dewji, Group Managing Director, Mohammed Enterprises Ltd.; Tanzania
Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder and Managing Director, Mara Group; Uganda
Vimbayi Kajese, TV Presenter, CCTV9; Zimbabwe

2011

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Anuradha Acharya, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ocimum Bio Solutions
Wenceslao Casares, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Bling Nation Inc.; 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, President, Grupo Mega; 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, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hudong; 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.; 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, 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, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mashable; USA
Badr Jafar, President of Crescent Petroleum
Binoy Job, Director, Prime Ministers Office, India and Founder Leaders For Tomorrow
Shai Agassi, Better Place; Israel
Bandar Bin Khalid Al Faisal, Al-Watan newspaper; Saudi Arabia
Rye Barcott, Speechwriter and Special Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy; USA
Marc Benioff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,Salesforce.com; USA
Kumar Mangalam Birla - India, Aditya Birla Group Chairman
Thor Bjorgolfsson - Iceland, Actavis Chairman
Sergey Brin, Co-Founder and President, Google; USA
William F. Browder - Russian Federation, Hermitage Capital Management CEO
Ángel Cabrera - USA, Spain Thunderbird School of Global Management President
Lisa Caputo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Women and Co.; USA
Bozidar Djelic, President, Altis Consulting; Serbia
Anthony Francis Fernandes, CEO, AirAsia; Malaysia
Miguel R. Forbes, VP, Forbes; USA
Scott J. Freidheim, EVP, Sears Holdings Corporation; USA
Helen Greiner, Chairman, iRobot Corporation; USA
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Chairman, easyGroup; UK
Sahar Hashemi, Co-Founder, Coffee Republic; UK
Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Capital Management; USA
Steve Jurvetson, Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson; USA
Georges Kern, CEO, International Watch Company; Switzerland
Naguib Kheraj, Group Finance Director, Barclays Bank; UK
Ali Y. Koç, President, Koç Holding; Turkey
Sallie Krawcheck, CFO, Citigroup; USA
Aerin Lauder, SVP, Estée Lauder; USA
Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, Director, Cheung Kong Holdings; Hong Kong
Ma Yun (Jack Ma), CEO, Alibaba.com; China
Ayisi Makatiani, CEO, Gallium Capital Partners; Kenya
Mark P. Mays, President and Chief Executive Officer, Clear Channel Communications; USA
Lorenzo Mendoza, CEO, Empresas Polar; Venezuela
Hiroshi Mikitani, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rakuten; Japan
Axel Miller, Chairman, Dexia Bank Belgium; Belgium
Aditya Mittal, President/CFO, Mittal Steel Company; UK
Bill Nguyen, Founder/CEO, Seven Networks; USA
Larry Page, Co-Founder, Google; USA
Nazir Razak, CEO, Commerce International Merchant Bankers; Malaysia
Anne Richards, CIO, Aberdeen Asset Management; UK
Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, Co-Chairman, Atticus Capital; UK
Ferit Sahenk, Chairman, Dogus Holding; Turkey
William Saito, President and Chief Executive Officer, InTecur; Japan
Malvinder Mohan Singh, President, Ranbaxy Laboratories; India
Jon S. Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software; Norway
Arzuhan Yalçindag, Chief Executive Officer, Kanal D; Turkey
Zennström, Niklas, Skype; UK
Zhang Xin,^[10] SOHO China; China

Political

All posts held, unless otherwise stated, as of early 2005

Koichi Yamauchi, Member of the House of Representatives, House of Representatives; Japan
Wang Yong, Secretary-General, Brand China Industry Union; China
Chuka Umunna, Member of Parliament for Streatham, House of Commons of the United Kingdom; UK
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; Germany
Shinjirō Koizumi, Member of the House of Representatives, House of Representatives; Japan
Mario Martín Delgado, Senator, Senate of the Republic; 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 Foreign Affairs, Executive Director of the LKIIRSS; Sri Lanka
María Consuelo Araújo, 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; UK
Scott Brison, Minister of Public Works and Government Services; Canada
Yvette Cooper, Member of Parliament, House of Commons; UK
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, 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
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; UK
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; 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,^[11] Correspondent, International Herald Tribune/The New York Times, Paris

2010

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Europe

Cenk Aydin,^[13] Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Halikarnas Financial Services and Advisory; UK
Fatmir Besimi, Deputy Prime Minister for the European Affairs, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Macedonia
Carme Chacón, Member of the party - Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol; Spain
Ben Goldsmith, Partner, WHEB Group; UK
Lucy Hockings, Presenter, BBC World News; UK
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; UK
Philipp Rösler, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economics and Technology; 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
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
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, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Metabiota; USA

Asia-Pacific

Umar Saif, Professor LUMS & Founder, Saif Centre of Innovation (SCI); Pakistan
Winston Damarillo, CEO and Founder, Morphlabs, Morphlabs; 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; 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

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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
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; UK
Parag Khanna, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation; UK
Emília Sičáková-Beblavá, President of 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, 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; Canada
Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith Youth Core; USA
Premal Shah, President, Kiva; 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; Japan
Abdulsalam Haykal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Haykal Media; Syria
Fawzia Koofi, Member of Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, House of the People; Afghanistan
Butet Manurung, Jungle School Educator and Conservationist, SOKOLA; Australia
Eunice Olsen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, WomenTalkTV Pte Ltd.; Singapore
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; China

2008

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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; 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 of India; India
Sandeep P Parekh, Executive Director, Enforcement and Legal Affairs, Securities and Exchange Board of India; India
Vikram K. Akula, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 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
Liang Xinjun, Co-Founder and Vice-President, Fosun High-Tech Group; China
Zhu Jun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The9 Limited; China
Charles Chao, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sina.com; China
Yiyun Li, Author; China
Lei Liang, Composer; China
Xin Zhou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, E-House (China) Holdings; China
Michael Ma Jun, Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs; China
Peng Xiaofeng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, LDK Solar; China
Francis Joseph Escudero, Senator; Philippines
Sarah Chang, Violinist; South Korea
Jin Kim, Attorney, LeeAn; South Korea
Hines Ward, Founder, Hines Ward Helping Hands Foundation; South 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; France
Tariq Krim, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 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
Mattias Klum, Photographer; Sweden
Elizabeth Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Shine; UK
Danny Rimer, Partner, Index Ventures; UK
Jamie Mitchell, Managing Director, Innocent Drinks; UK
Cameron Sinclair, Co-Founder, Architecture for Humanity; UK
Liz Lloyd, Consultant, Office of the Prime Minister; UK
Ed Miliband, Minister of the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; UK
Zac Goldsmith, Head, Ecologist Magazine; UK
Andrey Kolodyuk, Founder and Chairman of the Board, AVentures Capital; Ukraine
Gabriel Naouri, Head of Brand, Digital and Innovation, Groupe Casino; France

Latin America & the Caribbean

Andrés Freire, Chief Executive Officer, Axialent; Argentina
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

Middle East & North Africa

H.H. Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Chairman, Dubai Executive Council; United Arab Emirates
Bahman Ghobadi, Film Maker and Photographer; Iran
Lalla Salma, Queen 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
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 (R), 12th District; USA
Susan Athey, Professor for Economics, Harvard University; USA
David Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Euro RSCG Worldwide; 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 (D), 7th District; 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 of the 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
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

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Business

Richard Stromback^[17] Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ecology Coatings, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOC)
Muna Abu-Sulayman^[18] Humanitarian, philanthropist and one of the most influential Muslims in the world
Kota Matsuda, Founder of Tully's Coffee Japan, Member of The House of Councillors; Japan
Jimmy Wales, Co-founder and Promoter, Wikipedia; UK
Anousheh Ansari, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Prodea Systems Inc.; USA
Adam Bly, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Seed; USA
Ozwald Boateng, Founder, Bespoke Couture Ltd.; UK
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, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 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
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; UK
Kevin Casas Zamora, Secretary for Political Affairs, Organization of American States; 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
Teo Ser Luck, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Ministry of Trade and Industry; Singapore
Keisuke Tsumura, Member of the House of Representatives, House of Representatives; Japan
Álvaro Vargas Llosa, Director, Center on Global Prosperity at The Independent Institute; USA

Societal

Roberts, Kate, Director and Founder, YouthAIDS and Five & Alive, Vice-President, Population Services International; 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

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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^[20]
Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; USA
Sergei Guriev, Chief Executive Officer, 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 Chief Executive Officer, 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, Chief Executive Officer, Proexport; Colombia
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 (2005-2006); Thailand 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; 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); UK
Oung Chanthol, Founder and Executive Director, Cambodian Women's Crisis Center; Cambodia
Johann Olav Koss, President and CEO, Right to Play; Norway
Ellen MacArthur, Founder, Ellen MacArthur Trust; UK
Johann Olav Koss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Right To Play International; Canada
Oung Chanthol, Founder and Executive Director, Cambodian Women's Crisis Center; Cambodia

Opinion

Tyler Brûlé, Chairman/Creative Director, Winkorp; Canada
William J. Dobson, Managing Editor, Foreign Policy; USA
Lamis Elhadidy, Executive Chief Editor, Al Alam Al Youm; Egypt
Mondli Makhanya, Editor, Sunday Times; South Africa
Irshad Manji, President, Project Ijtihad; Canada
Shadi Sadr, Editor-in-Chief, Women in Iran; 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; 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; 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; 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, CNBC; USA
Corinna E. Lathan, Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer, AnthroTronix Inc.; USA
Kevin Martin, 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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