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.
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
Greater China
*Yin Qi, Chief Executive Officer, Face++, People's Republic of China
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
* Deng Adut
* Hannah Yeoh
* John Riady
* Lucy McRae
* Nadiem Makarim
* Shoko Takahashi
* Simon Sheikh
* Vivy Yusof
* Wai Wai Nu
Middle East and North Africa
* Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak
2017
Asia Pacific
Eurasia
* Maxim Oreshkin, Russian Minister for Economic Development
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
* , chief macroeconomic strategist, ; 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
* , 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, 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
*, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro; Montenegro
*, president, United Nations General Assembly, 67th Session; Serbia
*, 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
*Pháº¡m 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
*, 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, 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, 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
*, 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
*Jon S. Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software; Norway
*Arzuhan Yalçindag, chief executive officer, Kanal D; Turkey
*Zennström, Niklas, Skype; UK
*Zhang Xin, 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
*, 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
*, 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)
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, 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, ; 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
*, 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
*, 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, ; 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 chairman and chief executive officer, Ecology Coatings, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOC)
*Muna Abu-Sulayman 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, ; 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
*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
*, 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, ; 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 SabancÄ± 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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