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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Clare O'Neil, Member of Parliament for Hotham, Parliament of Australia, Australia

Eurasia

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• 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

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• 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

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• Yin Qi, Chief Executive Officer, Face++, People's Republic of China

Latin America

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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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

^[13]

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

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

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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

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

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

2015

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East Asia

• Hugh Evans, chief executive officer, Global Poverty Project; Australia
• Morgan Marquis-Boire, director of Security, First Look Media; New Zealand
• Victoria Ransom, director of Product Wildfire, Google Inc.; New Zealand
• Lee Jun-seok, chair, Innovation Committee, Saenuri Party; South Korea
• Thum Ping Tjin, senior research fellow, University of Oxford; Singapore

Europe

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

Greater China

• Hugo Barra, vice president, Xiaomi; China
• James Chau, news anchor, China Central Television; China
• Li Na, tennis player; China
• Philip Tinari, director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art; China

Latin America & the Caribbean

• Ronaldo Lemos, 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

2014

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East Asia

• Dorjee Sun, chief executive officer, Carbon Conservation; Australia
• Ricky Wong, founder and chief executive officer, Asia Media; Malaysia
• Jacinda Ardern, Member of Parliament, New Zealand Labour Party; New Zealand
• Deng Fei, director, Journalist Department, Phoenix Weekly ; China
• Liu Qiangdong, chairman and chief executive officer, JD.com; China
• Ma Yansong, founder and principal architect, MAD architects; China
• Andrea Pasinetti, founder and chief executive officer, Teach For China; China

Europe

• Marietje Schaake, member, European Parliament; Belgium
• René Redzepi, founder and chef, Noma; Denmark
• Philipp Missfelder, Member of the German Parliament and Federal Chairman of the Youth Party CDU; Germany
• 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

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East Asia

• Jeremy Howard, president and chief scientist, Kaggle; Australia
• Daisuke Tsuda, media activist and chief executive officer, Neo-logue inc.; Japan
• Simon Bridges, Minister of Labour and of Energy and Resources; New Zealand
• Kelly Zong, president, Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co.; China

Europe

• 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

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East Asia

• Drue Kataoka, artist; Japan
• Toshihiro Nakamura, co-founder and chief executive officer, Kopernik; Japan
• Steven Sim Chee Keong, city councillor, Province Wellesley Municipal Council; Malaysia
• Wang Shuo, managing editor, Caixin Media; China
• Tan Yinglan, head, National Research Foundation, Projects Division, Office of the Prime Minister; Singapore
• Phạm Tuân, founder and chief executive officer, TOPICA Education Group; Vietnam

Europe

• 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

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• Anuradha Acharya, founder and chief executive officer, Ocimum Bio Solutions
• Wenceslao Casares, co-chief executive officer, Bling Nation Inc.; Argentina
• Liliana Gil, Johnson & Johnson - Worldwide Marketing and Services Sourcing, Colombia
• Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, chief executive officer, Avatar Digital; South Africa
• Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno, chief of staff to the president of Colombia; Colombia
• Guillermo Romo, president, Grupo Mega; Mexico
• Maria Eugenia Vidal, City of Buenos Aires - Minister of Social Work; Argentina

Business

• Adam Werbach, co-founder, Yerdle; 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

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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

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Europe

• Jens Martin Skibsted; Denmark
• Alexander Stubb; Finland
• Claudia Hengst; Germany
• Michael Schumacher; Germany
• Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg; Germany
• Roberto Bolle; Italy
• Javier Santiso; Spain
• Nyamko Sabuni; Sweden
• Christoph Sutter; Switzerland
• Kirill Dmitriev; Ukraine
• 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

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

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Asia-Pacific

• Rory Stewart, chief executive, Turquoise Mountain Foundation; Afghanistan
• Cameron Clyne, managing director and chief executive officer, Bank of New Zealand (BNZ); Australia
• H.R.H. King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan; Bhutan
• Somaly Mam, director, AFESIP; Cambodia
• Anoushka Shankar, musician, Sitar player; India
• Barkha Dutt, senior editor, New Delhi Television (NDTV); India
• Allah Rakha Rahman, music composer; India
• Sabeer Bhatia, chairman, Bhatia Enterprises; India
• Suhas Gopinath, chief executive officer and president, Globals Inc.; India
• Jehangir Wadia, chairman, Wadia Group; India
• Sachin Pilot, Member of Parliament of India; India
• Sandeep P Parekh, executive director, Enforcement and Legal Affairs, Securities and Exchange Board of India; India
• Vikram K. Akula, founder and chief executive officer, SKS Microfinance; India
• Trilochan Sastry, founder and director, Association for Democratic Reform & Centre for Collective Development; India
• Naomi Kawase, film director; Japan
• Norika Fujiwara, actress and journalist; Japan
• Kiyohiko Toyama, member, New Komeito Party; Japan
• Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA astronaut, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA); Japan
• Risa Wataya, author; Japan
• Taku Otsuka, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan; Japan
• Hideki Makihara, Member of Parliament; Japan
• Mark Weldon, chief executive officer, New Zealand Exchange; New Zealand
• Hina Rabbani Khar, State Minister for Economic Affairs and Statistics, Economic Affairs Division; Pakistan
• Liang Xinjun, co-founder and vice-president, Fosun 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

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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

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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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External links

• The Forum of Young Global Leaders at the Wayback Machine (archived December 19, 2008)
• Annual Young Global Leaders Forum