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]
2019
Africa
- Kamissa Camara, Minister of Digital Economy and Forecasting, Ministry of Digital Economy, Information and Communication of Mali, Mali
- Kirsty Coventry, Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation, Ministry of Sport, Arts and Recreation, Zimbabwe
- Wanuri Kahiu, Film Director, AFROBUBBLEGUM, Kenya
- Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry of Botswana, Botswana
- Umra Omar, Founder, Safari Doctors, Kenya
- David Moinina Sengeh, Adviser to the President of Sierra Leone; Chief Innovation Officer, Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation, Government of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
- Adebola Williams Chief Executive Officer, Red Media Africa, Nigeria
ASEAN
- Syed Saddiq bin Syed Abdul Rahman, Minister of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Malaysia
- Geoffrey See, Founder and Chairman, Chex SG Limited, Singapore
- Yeo Bee Yin, Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change of Malaysia, Malaysia
Australasia & Oceania
- Clare O'Neil, Member of Parliament for Hotham, Parliament of Australia, Australia
Eurasia
- Anton Alikhanov, Governor of Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Regional Administration, Russian Federation
- Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister of Georgia, Office of the Prime Minister of Georgia, Georgia
Europe
- Pablo Casado Blanco, Party Leader, Partido Popular, Spain
- Yalda Hakim, Anchor, BBC News, United Kingdom
- Tolu Oni, Professor, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Annika Saarikko, Minister of Science and Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland, Finland
Latin America
- Victoria Alonsoperez, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Chipsafer, Uruguay
- Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica, Office of the President of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
- Juan Guaidó, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Venezuelan National Assembly, Venezuela
Middle East & North Africa
- Lucy Aharish, Anchor, Reshet 13, Israel
- Esra'a Al Shafei, Founder and Executive Director, Mideast Youth, Bahrain
- Taymour Jumblatt, MP and Leader of the Socialist Progressive Party, Parliament of Lebanon, Lebanon
- Ahd Kamel, Director and Actress, Odd Camel, Saudi Arabia
North America
- Nick Ayers, Managing Partner, Ayers Family Holdings, USA
- Priyanka Bakaya, Director, Renew Oceans, USA
- Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, City of South Bend, USA
- Rohit Chopra, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, USA
- Daniel Crenshaw, Congressman from Texas (R), 2nd District, United States Congress, USA
- Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions, Canada Government, Canada
- Fernando Grostein Andrade, Director, Spray Filmes, USA
- Cyrus Habib, Lieutenant Governor of Washington, Washington State, USA
- Cal Henderson, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Slack, USA
- Katherine Maher, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation, USA
- Michele Romanow, Co-Founder & President, Clear Finance Technology Inc - Clearbanc, Canada
- Andrew Scheer, Leader, Conservative Party of Canada, Canada
- Anjali Sud, Chief Executive Officer, Vimeo, USA
- John Zimmer, Co-Founder & President, Lyft, USA
South East Asia
- Faisal Khan, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Peshawar 2.0, Pakistan
- Poonam Mahajan, Member of Parliament for Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central, Maharashtra, Parliament of India, India
- Wasfia Nazreen, Founder, Osel Foundation, Bangladesh
- Piyush Tewari, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SaveLife, India
2018
South Asia
- Nara Lokesh, Minister for Panchayat Raj; India
- Ali Jehangir Siddiqui, Former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States
- Piyush Tewari, Founder and Chief Executive Officer SaveLIFE Foundation; India
- Poonam Mahajan, Member of Parliament for Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central, Maharashtra; India
- Wasfia Nazreen, Founder, Osel Foundation; Bangladesh
East Asia
Middle East and North Africa
2017
Asia Pacific
Eurasia
Europe
- Rebeca Minguela, founder and CEO, Clarity
- Rio Ferdinand, English former professional footballer
- Rodrigo Tavares, founder and president, Granito Group
Greater China
Latin America & the Caribbean
- Ciro Guerra, Colombian film director
Middle East & North Africa
- Faten Kallel, Secretary of State, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Tunisia
North America
- Aja Brown, mayor of Compton, United States
- Terry Beech, Canadian politician
South Asia
- Hindol Sengupta, journalist and editor-at-large at Fortune India
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Naisula Lesuuda, Kenyan politician
- Marie Lora-Mungai, media entrepreneur
2016
Asia Pacific
- Sarah Hanson-Young, Senator of South Australia, Government of South Australia; Australia
- Thaung Su Nyein, managing director / CEO, Information Matrix Co., Ltd.; Myanmar
Eurasia
Europe
- Alexander Betts, director of the Refugee Studies Centre; Great Britain
- Amal Clooney, barrister; Great Britain
- Demet Mutlu, founder and CEO of Trendyol group; Turkey
- Emmanuel Macron, Minister of the economy, industry and digital affairs; France
- Hadia Tajik, Member of the Storting; Norway
Greater China
- Yao Chen, actress; China
Latin America & the Caribbean
- Pia Mancini, chairwoman, The Democracy Earth Foundation; Argentina
- Simón Gaviria Muñoz, director, National Planning Department of Colombia
- Stéphanie Villedrouin, Minister of Tourism; Haiti
Middle East & North Africa
North America
- Michelle Rempel, Member of Parliament; Canada
- Melanie Joly, Minister of Heritage; Canada
- Cheryl Perera, founder and executive director of OneChild Network; Canada
- Ashton Kutcher, co-founder of Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children; US
- David A. Bray, chief information officer, Federal Communications Commission; US
- Monica Yunus, co-founder and co-director of Sing for Hope; US
- Aria Finger, chief executive officer of DoSomething.org; US
- Seth Moulton, Congressman from Massachusetts; US
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
2015
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, lawyer, director of the Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro (ITS Rio); 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; US
- Alyssa Mastromonaco, contributing editor, Marie Claire; US
- Andrew Ng, co-founder and chairman, Coursera; US
- Elise Stefanik, Congresswoman from New York (R), 21st District, United States House of Representatives; US
- Elizabeth Holmes, founder and chief executive officer, Theranos; US
- George P. Bush, commissioner, Texas General Land Office; US
- G. Willow Wilson, comics writer; US
- Ivanka Trump, vice president, Development and Acquisitions, The Trump Organization; US
- Julie Smolyansky, chief executive officer, president and director, Lifeway Foods; US
- Lauren Bush Lauren, founder and chief executive officer, FEED Projects; US
- Logan Green, co-founder and chief executive officer, Lyft; US
- Lyndon Rive, founder and chief executive officer, SolarCity; US
- Matt Mullenweg, founder, WordPress; US
- Megan Ellison, founder, Annapurna Pictures; US
- Michelle Dipp, co-founder and chief executive officer, OvaScience Inc.; US
- Thomas W. Farley, president, New York Stock Exchange; US
- Tom Cotton, Senator from Arkansas (R), United States Senate; US
- Tracy Britt Cool, chief executive officer, Pampered Chef; US
- Tulsi Gabbard, Congresswoman from Hawaii (D), 2nd District, United States House of Representatives; US
- Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; US
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
Sub-Saharan Africa
2014
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
- 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
- Roksana Ciurysek-Gedir, director, Edmond de Rothschild, UK
- Belinda Parmar, chief executive officer and author, Lady Geek; UK
- Katarzyna Pisarska, founder and director, European Academy of Diplomacy, Poland
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
- Rania Al-Mashat, Egyptian economist
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; US
- Leah Busque, founder and chief executive officer, TaskRabbit, Inc.; US
- Jared Cohen, director, Google Ideas, Google; US
- Amy Cuddy, associate professor, Harvard Business School; US
- Brooke Ellison, member of the board, Empire State Stem Cell Board; US
- Limor Fried, owner and head engineer, Adafruit Industries LLC; US
- Steven Fulop, mayor of Jersey City; US
- Rayid Ghani, co-founder, Edgeflip; US
- Jaime Herrera Beutler, Congresswoman from Washington (R), 3rd District, US House of Representatives; US
- Lynn Jurich, co-founder and co-chief executive officer, Sunrun; US
- David Karp, founder and chief executive officer, Tumblr; US
- Jessica Long, managing director, Accenture Development Partnerships; US
- Jennifer Nichols, global head of legal, Aberdeen Asset Management; US
- Jonah Peretti, co-founder and chief executive officer, BuzzFeed; US
- Rajiv Pant, chief technology officer, The New York Times; US
- Austin Ramirez, president and chief executive officer, HUSCO International; US
- Julissa Reynoso, US Ambassador, US Embassy; US
- Daron Roberts, president and founder, 4th and 1, Inc.; US
- Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to President Barack Obama for Energy and Climate Change, White House; US
- Nate Morris, co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Global; US
South Asia
- Farhan Akhtar, film director, actor, screenwriter, singer, producer and choreographer, Excel Entertainment; India
- Zin Mar Aung, Burmese activist, Member of Parliament (Pyithu Hluttaw); Myanmar
- Sachin Bansal, co-founder and chief executive officer, Flipkart.com; India
- Avani Davda, chief executive officer, Tata Starbucks 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
West Africa
- Bernice Dapaah, Ghana
2013
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
- Lian Pin Koh, Swiss National Science Foundation assistant professor, ETH Zurich; Switzerland
- 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
- 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
- Tawakkol Karman, head, Women Journalists Without Chains; Yemen
North America
- Shauna Robertson, founder, CrowdRise; Canada
- Lynsey Addario, freelance photographer; US
- Chelsea Clinton, board member, Clinton Foundation; US
- Brian Deese, deputy director, National Economic Council; US
- Eric Greitens, founder and executive director, The Mission Continues; US
- Tony Hsieh, chief executive officer, Zappos.com; US
- Chris Hughes, editor-in-chief, The New Republic; US
- Leila Janah, founder and chief executive officer, Samasource; US
- Benjamin Jealous, president and chief executive officer, NAACP; US
- Jared Polis, Congressman from Colorado (D), 2nd District, United States House of Representatives; US
- Ai-jen Poo, director, National Domestic Workers Alliance; US
- Clara Shih, founder and chief executive officer, Hearsay Labs; US
- Nate Silver, founder, FiveThirtyEight.Com; US
- Angela Sun, chief of staff to the chief executive officer and president, Bloomberg LP; US
- Anne Wojcicki, co-founder, 23andMe Inc.; US
- Randi Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer, Zuckerberg Media; US
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
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
- Soulaima Gourani, chief executive officer, Soulaima Gourani ApS
- 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,[19] 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,[20] 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
- Jonathan Adiri, founder and chief executive officer, Healthy.io; former chief technology officer to President Shimon Peres
North America
- George Stroumboulopoulos, broadcaster, CBC Television; Canada
- Tim Wu, senior advisor, Federal Trade Commission; Canada
- Candy Chang, artist and co-founder, Civic Center; US
- Jane Chen, co-founder and chief executive officer, Embrace; US
- Cesar Conde, president, Univision Networks; US
- Joshua DuBois, executive director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships; US
- Scott Harrison, founder, Charity: Water; US
- Ken Howery, co-founder and partner, Founders Fund; US
- Josh James, founder and chief executive officer, Domo Inc.; US
- Salman Khan, founder and executive director, Khan Academy; US
- John Legend,[20] founder, The Show Me Campaign; US
- Jonathan Levin, professor of economics, Stanford University; US
- Greg McKeown, chief executive officer, THIS Inc.; US
- Aimee Mullins, athlete, actress and design innovator, Mullins Studio; US
- Pardis Sabeti, assistant professor, Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology; US
- Rebecca Saxe, professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; US
- Lara Setrakian, correspondent, ABC News-Bloomberg Television; US
- Rachel Sterne, chief digital officer, City of New York; US
South Asia
- 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
- Fatima Bhutto,[20] 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
- 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; US
- Alexa Von Tobel, founder and chief executive officer, LearnVest.com; US
- Yoshikazu Tanaka, founder and chief executive officer, GREE, Inc.; Japan
- Benjamin Skinner, senior vice-president, Tau Investment Management; US
- Dan Senor, senior adviser, Elliott Management Corporation; US
- 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.; US
- Jane McGonigal, chief creative officer, SuperBetter Labs; US
- 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; US
- Max Levchin, founder and chief executive officer, HVF, LLC; US
- Vivek Kundra, executive vice-president, Emerging Markets, Salesforce.com; US
- Basetsana Kumalo, executive chairman and chief executive officer, Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd.; South Africa
- Jessica Jackley, venture partner, Collaborative Fund; US
- 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; US
- Özlem Denizmen, head of social investments, Dogus Group; Turkey
- danah boyd, principal researcher, Microsoft Research; US
- Wences Casares, chief executive officer, Lemon Wallet; US
- Pete Cashmore, founder and chief executive officer, Mashable; US
- Badr Jafar, president of Crescent Petroleum
- 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; US
- Marc Benioff, chairman and chief executive officer, Salesforce.com; US
- Kumar Mangalam Birla - India, Aditya Birla Group chairman
- Thor Bjorgolfsson - Iceland, Actavis chairman
- Sergey Brin, co-founder and president, Google; US
- William F. Browder - Russian Federation, Hermitage Capital Management CEO
- Ángel Cabrera - US, Spain Thunderbird School of Global Management President
- Lisa Caputo, president and chief executive officer, Women and Co.; US
- Bozidar Djelic, president, Altis Consulting; Serbia
- Anthony Francis Fernandes, CEO, AirAsia; Malaysia
- Miguel R. Forbes, VP, Forbes; US
- Scott J. Freidheim, EVP, Sears Holdings Corporation; US
- Helen Greiner, chairman, iRobot Corporation; US
- Stelios Haji-Ioannou, chairman, easyGroup; UK
- Sahar Hashemi, co-founder, Coffee Republic; UK
- Mellody Hobson, president, Ariel Capital Management; US
- Steve Jurvetson, director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson; US
- 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; US
- Aerin Lauder, SVP, Estée Lauder; US
- 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; US
- 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; US
- Larry Page, co-founder, Google; US
- 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
- Dylan Taylor, global president, Colliers International[22]
- Jon S. Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software; Norway
- Arzuhan Yalçindag, chief executive officer, Kanal D; Turkey
- Zennström, Niklas, Skype; UK
- Zhang Xin,[23] 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 Uttar Pradesh India, Samajwadi Party
Societal
- Rodrigo Baggio, executive director, Center for Digital Inclusion; Brazil
- Alexandra Cousteau, founder and president, Blue legacy International; US
- Dave Eggers, co-founder, 826 Valencia; US
- Scott Gilmore, co-founder, Building Markets, formerly Peace Dividend Trust (PDT)[24]
Intellectual
- Naoko Yamazaki, astronaut, JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA); Japan
- Marin Soljacic, professor of physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); US
- Amy Finkelstein, professor of economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); US
- Gita Gopinath, professor of economics, Harvard University; US
- Angela Belcher, professor of materials science and engineering and biological engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); US
- Afshin Molavi, author and journalist, New America Foundation; US
- 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,[25] Correspondent, International Herald Tribune/The New York Times, Paris
2010
Europe
- 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; US
- Steve Chen, chief technology officer and co-founder, AVOS Systems; US
- Peter L. Corsell, chairman of the board, GridPoint; US
- Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, chief executive officer, Green for All; US
- Manisha Girotra, country head, Moelis & Company; US
- Kellie Leitch, chair, Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership, Richard Ivey Business School; Canada
- Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer, Yahoo!; US
- Rebecca Onie, co-founder and chief executive officer, Health Leads; US
- Ricken Patel, executive director and co-founder, Avaaz; US
- Michelle Rhee, founder and chief executive officer, StudentsFirst; US
- Luis von Ahn, associate professor of computer science, Carnegie Mellon University; US
- Nathan Wolfe, founder and chief executive officer, Metabiota; US
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
- 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
- Ian Thorpe, founder, Fountain for Youth; Australia
- 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
- Jo Cox; UK
- 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 and 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; US
- Mark Hanis, co-founder, Genocide Intervention Network (now United to End Genocide); US
- Marisol Argueta de Barillas, senior director, head of Latin America - World Economic Forum US; US
- Ronit Avni, founder and executive director, Just Vision; US
- Elena Barmakova, founder, Fontvieille Capital Inc.; US
- Suranga Chandratillake, founder and chief strategy officer, blinkx, US
- David Chiu, president, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, City Hall; US
- Chad Hurley, founder, AVOS Systems; US
- Laila Lalami, assistant professor, Creative Writing, University of Southern California, Riverside; US
- Tan Le, founder and chief executive officer, Emotiv Systems; US
- Vinny Lingham, chief executive officer, Gyft; US
- Samantha Nutt, founder and executive director, War Child; Canada
- Eboo Patel, founder and president, Interfaith Youth Core; US
- Premal Shah, president, Kiva; US
- Shen Wei, founder, Shen Wei Dance Arts; US
- Kristen Silverberg, chief operating officer, Vorbeck Materials; US
- Brent Stirton, senior photographer, Getty Images; US
- Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer, Facebook; US
Latin America & the Caribbean
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
- Wen Bo, programme director, Air and Water Conservation Fund, National Geographic Society; China
- Shalini Mahtani, founder, The Zubin Foundation; Hong Kong
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; 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 International; 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
- Hines Ward, founder, Hines Ward Helping Hands Foundation; South Korea
- 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; US
- Eric Anderson, president and chief executive officer, Space Adventures; US
- Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, State of Louisiana; US
- Caroline Hoxby, professor of economics, Stanford University; US
- Lydia Polgreen, journalist, The New York Times; US
- Roy Harvey, plant manager, Alcoa San Ciprian; US
- Casey Wasserman, chairman and chief executive officer, Wasserman Media Group; US
- Anderson Cooper, anchor, 360°, CNN; US
- Geoff Davis, president and chief executive officer, Unitus; US
- Nicole Nason, administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; US
- George Walker, managing director and global head of investment management, Lehman Brothers; US
- Leonardo DiCaprio, actor; US
- Adam H. Putnam, Congressman from Florida (R), 12th District; US
- Susan Athey, professor for economics, Harvard University; US
- David Jones, chief executive officer, Euro RSCG Worldwide; US
- Kimberly A. Moore, circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; US
- Kara Walker, artist and professor, School of the Arts, Columbia University; US
- Mia Hamm, founder, Mia Hamm Foundation; US
- Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive officer and president, Expedia; US
- Artur Davis, Congressman from Alabama (D), 7th District; US
- Laura Alber, president, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.; US
- Patrick Ramsey, managing director, Merrill Lynch; US
- Tony Hawk, founder, Tony Hawk Foundation; US
- Daniel Lubetzky, chief executive officer, KIND LLC; founder, PeaceWorks Foundation; US
- Jared Genser, managing director, Perseus Strategies LLC; US
- Adam Putnam, commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer services; US
- Enric Sala, explorer-in-residence, National Geographic Society; US
- Paul van Zyl, chief executive officer, Maiyet; US
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
Business
- Richard Stromback[30] chairman and chief executive officer, Ecology Coatings, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOC)
- Muna Abu-Sulayman[31] 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.; US
- Adam Bly, co-founder and chief executive officer, Seed; US
- Ozwald Boateng, founder, Bespoke Couture Ltd.; UK
- Marcelo Claure, president, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Brightstar Corporation; US
- Tanya Dubash, executive director and chief brand officer, Godrej Group; India
- Tony Fadell, founder and chief executive officer, Nest Labs; US
- Naveen Jindal, chairman, Jindal Steel and Power; India
- Daniel Lubetzky, founder and chief executive officer, KIND Healthy Snacks; US
- David McWilliams, broadcaster, writer and commentator, McWilliams Productions; Ireland
- Raju Narisetti, senior vice-president and deputy head of strategy, News Corporation; US
- Kohei Nishiyama, chairman and founder, Elephant Design Co. Ltd.; Japan
- Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer and Member of the board, Facebook; US
- Christopher Schläffer, chief executive officer, yetu AG; Germany
- Andrew Ross Sorkin, financial columnist, The New York Times; US
- Peter Thiel, partner, Founders Fund; US
- Leo Tilman, president, L.M. Tilman & Co. Inc.; US
- Wen Yunsong, chairman, China Satellite Communications Co. Ltd. Chinasat; China
- Robert S. Wiesenthal, chief operating officer, Corporate, Warner Music Group; US
Arts and culture
- Lera Auerbach: composer, pianist, writer
- Tomomi Nishimoto: conductor
- Ian Bremmer, global research professor, New York University; US
- Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School; US
- Tomasz Lis, anchor, Telewizja Polska; Poland
- Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Queen of Belgium, Royal Palace of Belgium; Belgium
- Jehane Noujaim, director, Noujaim Films Inc.; US
- Julian Rachlin, violinist, violist, conductor, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador; US
- David Mayer de Rothschild, chief executive officer, MYOO; US
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; US
- 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; US
Societal
- Roberts, Kate, director and founder, YouthAIDS and Five & Alive, vice-president, Population Services International; US
- Marc Kielburger, co-founder, Free the Children; Canada
- Nancy Lublin, chief executive officer and chief old person, Do Something; US
- Zainab Salbi, founder, Women for Women International; US
- Karim Sadjadpour, senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; US
- Rajiv Shah, administrator, United States Agency for International Development; US
2006
Intellectuals
- Daron Acemoglu, professor of applied economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; US
- Payam Akhavan, professor of law, McGill University Faculty of Law; Canada
- Brian Behlendorf, founder and chief technology officer, CollabNet; US
- Ángel Cabrera, president, Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management; US
- Hilary Cottam, founder and partner, Participle[33]
- Esther Duflo, professor of economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; US
- Sergei Guriev, chief executive officer, Centre for Economic and Financial Research; Russia
- Ayanna M. Howard, associate professor, Georgia Institute of Technology; US
- Ivan Krastev, chairman of the board and research director, Centre for Liberal Strategies; Bulgaria
- Sedat Laçiner, director, International Strategic Research Organization (USK-ISRO); Turkey
- Corinna E. Lathan, founder and chief executive officer, Anthrotronix Inc.; US
- Martin Nowak, professor of mathematics and biology, Harvard University, Department of Mathematics; US
- Gadi Taub, professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Israel
- Keith Schwab, professor of physics, Cornell University; US
- Michael Auslin, resident scholar, The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; US
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; US
- Kwame Kilpatrick, mayor, City of Detroit; US
- Kevin J. Martin, chairman, Federal Communications Commission; US
- 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
- Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun, Minister of Environment and Green Development, Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia; Mongolia
- Nahathai Thewphaingarm, politician 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; US
- 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; US
- Jorge Volpi, writer; Mexico
- Patrick Chappatte, editorial cartoonist, Globe Cartoon; Switzerland
Societal
- Caroline Casey, director, Kanchi disability foundation; Ireland
- 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; US
- 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; US
- 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; US
- 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; US
- Alejandro Santo Domingo, member of the board of directors, Grupo Empresarial Bavaria; Colombia
- Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer, Sun Microsystems; US
- Ihor Shevchenko, managing partner, Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners; Ukraine
- Suhas Gopinath, CEO and 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; US
- Corinna E. Lathan, board chair and chief executive officer, AnthroTronix Inc.; US
- Kevin Martin, attorney, Patton Boggs LLP; US
- Joshua Cooper Ramo, vice-chairman, Kissinger Associates; US
- 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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- The Forum of Young Global Leaders at the Wayback Machine (archived December 19, 2008)
- Annual Young Global Leaders Forum
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