Young Global Leader Honorees 2009

East Asia Australia Paul Bassat Chief Executive Officer Seek Limited

Michael Cannon- Atlassian Software

East Asia Australia Brooks Co-Founder Systems

Magellan Financial Group

East Asia Australia Hamish Douglass Chairman Limited
Managing Director,
Partner and Head,
Australia and New
East Asia Australia Benjamin Gray Zealand TPG Capital

East Asia Australia Tan Le Co-Founder SASME

East Asia Australia Sol Rabinowicz Chief Executive Officer Timbercorp

East Asia Australia Jason Yat-Sen Li Managing Director Yatsen Associates

East Asia Cambodia Jeremy Hockenstein Chief Executive Officer Digital Divide Data
Goodwill Ambassador
(China Children's Health United Nations Children’s
East Asia Hong Kong SAR Kelly Chen Ambassador) Fund (UNICEF)

Chairman and Chief

East Asia Hong Kong SAR Shizhong Ding Executive Officer ANTA Sports Products

Chief of Strategy and

East Asia Hong Kong SAR Christopher Logan Marketing Agility Logistics

East Asia Hong Kong SAR Shalini Mahtani Founder Community Business

East Asia Indonesia Nia diNata Film Director

East Asia Indonesia Anies Baswedan President Paramadina University

Educator and
East Asia Indonesia Butet Manurung Conservationist
East Asia Indonesia Yenny Wahid Director Wahid Institute

East Asia Indonesia Silverius Oscar Unggul Founder JAUH

East Asia Japan Kazutoshi Sakurai Musician

East Asia Japan Chikara Funabashi President Willseed

Founder and Chief
Executive Officer;
Author of Business
East Asia Japan Katsuma Kazuyo Practices Mugi

East Asia Japan Nami Matsuko Executive Director Nomura Securities

Governor of Osaka,
East Asia Japan Toru Hashimoto Japan

East Asia Japan Kenji Ogiwara Member (LDP) House of Councillors

East Asia Japan Hideyuki Inoue Managing Director Social Venture Center

East Asia Malaysia Shahzad Bhatti Director of Investments Khazanah Nasional

East Asia Mongolia Ganhuyag Ch. Hutagt Chief Executive Officer XacBank

Founder and Human Shan Women's Action

East Asia Myanmar Charm Tong Rights Activist Network (SWAN)

People's Republic
East Asia of China Deng Yaping Olympic Medallist

People's Republic
East Asia of China Shen Wei Founder Shen Wei Dance Arts

People's Republic
East Asia of China Zhang Ziyi Actress

People's Republic Jiangsu Huangpu

East Asia of China Chen Guangbiao Chief Executive Officer Investment

People's Republic Founder, Chairman and

East Asia of China Chi Yufeng Chief Executive Officer Perfect World Co. Ltd
 People's Republic
East Asia of China Li Ruigang President Shanghai Media Group
Partner; China National
Leader of Global
People's Republic Financial Services
East Asia of China Dora Liu Industry Deloitte

People's Republic Co-Founder and

East Asia of China Wang Qunbin Executive Director Fosun Group

People's Republic International Financial

East Asia of China Ba Shusong Deputy Director-General Research Institute

People's Republic 21st Century Business

East Asia of China Liu Zhouwei Editor-in-Chief Herald

People's Republic
East Asia of China Sang Lan Host Star TV
Secretary of the
People's Republic Communist Youth Communist Party of China
East Asia of China He Junke League Central Committee (CPC)

People's Republic
East Asia of China Marie So Founder Ventures in Development

People's Republic
East Asia of China Peggy Liu Founder JUCCE

People's Republic Chief Executive Director

East Asia of China Jia Ping and Founder Global Fund Watch

People's Republic Co-Director, China

East Asia of China Wen Bo Program Pacific Environment Beijing

Chief Executive Officer

East Asia Republic of Korea Jin-Young Park and Founder JYP Entertainment

East Asia Republic of Korea Jaeseung Jeong Associate Professor

East Asia Republic of Korea So-Yeon Yi Astronaut

East Asia Singapore Huei Min Lee Violinist

Managing Director, Asia
Pacific; Head, Group
Technology and
East Asia Singapore Karen Bell Operations Deutsche Bank

Lumina-Looque
East Asia Singapore Calvin Cheng Director International
 Member of Parliament,
East Asia Singapore Christopher De Souza Singapore

Nominated Member of
East Asia Singapore Eunice Olsen Parliament, Singapore

East Asia Thailand Kritaya Sreesunpagit Founder Why I Why

Founder, Chief
Executive Officer and Viet Thai International Joint
East Asia Vietnam David Thai Chairman of the Board Stock Company

Institute for Social

East Asia Vietnam Thi Hai Oanh Khuat Co-Founder Development Studies

Co-Founder and Team

Europe Austria Verena Knaus Leader European Stability Initiative

Member of Executive
Europe Austria Werner Wutscher Board Rewe Austria

Special Adviser to Council of the European

Europe Belgium Steven Everts Javier Solana Union

Europe Denmark Jens Martin Skibsted Creative Director Skibsted Ideation

Minister of Foreign
Europe Finland Alexander Stubb Affairs of Finland

Chief of
Europe France Antoine Arnault Communications Louis Vuitton

Europe France Stéphane Bancel Chief Executive Officer bioMérieux

Bain & Company Middle

Europe France Julien Faye Partner East

Founder and Chief

Europe France Olivier Desurmont Executive Officer Sineo
Professional Swimmer;
Paralympian Gold
Medallist; Member,
Paralympic Hall of
Europe Germany Claudia Hengst Fame Paralympic Hall of Fame

Europe Germany Michael Schumacher Adviser and Test Driver Ferrari S.p.A.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &

Europe Germany Philipp Freise Partner Co.

Coca-Cola
Europe Germany Damian Gammell Chief Executive Officer Erfrischungsgetraenke AG
Europe Germany Stephan Wrage Chief Executive Officer SkySails GmbH & Co. KG

European Business School

Europe Germany Christopher Jahns Dean (EBS)

Executive Vice-
President, Human
Europe Germany Immanuel Hermreck Resources Bertelsmann AG

Europe Germany Klaus Schweinsberg Editor-in-Chief Capital Magazine

Karl-Theodor Zu Minister of the Economy

Europe Germany Guttenberg of Germany

Europe Greece Alexandros Manos Chief Executive Officer Intracom Telecom

United Nations Children’s

Europe Italy Roberto Bolle Goodwill Ambassador Fund (UNICEF)

Europe Italy Frida Giannini Creative Director Gucci

Young Entrepreneurs of
Europe Italy Federica Guidi President Confindustria

Partner and Managing The Boston Consulting

Europe Italy Monica Regazzi Director Group

Member of Parliament,
Europe Italy Alessia Maria Mosca Italy

Founder and Executive

Europe Italy Selene Biffi Director Youth Action for Change

Europe Kyrgyzstan Maria Lisitsyna Founder and President Youth Human Rights Group

Europe Monaco Marco Fiorese Co-Founder The Monaco-Asia Society

Associate Professor, Copernicus Institute for

Cluster Energy Supply Sustainable Development
Europe Netherlands Andre Faaij and System Studies and Innovation

Europe Norway Bjarte Reve Chief Executive Officer Oslo Cancer Cluster
 Associate Professor of
Decision Sciences, The
Booz Allen Hamilton
Term Chaired Professor
in Strategic Revenue
Europe Romania Ioana Popescu Management INSEAD

Russian
Europe Federation Xenia Judajewa Chief Economist Sberbank

Russian Chairman of the Siberian Coal & Power

Europe Federation Vladimir Rashevsky Management Board Company (SUEK)

Russian
Europe Federation Yuri Soloviev Chief Executive Officer VTB Capital

Emilia Si•áková- Transparency International

Europe Slovakia Beblavá President Slovakia

Chief Executive Officer

Europe Slovenia Andrej Nabergoj and Co-Founder Noovo

Co-Founder, Director
and Chief Technology
Europe Spain Javier Garcia-Martinez Officer Rive Technology

Organisation for Economic

Co-operation and
Europe Spain Javier Santiso Director Development (OECD)

Jimena Blazquez
Europe Spain Abascal Director NMAC Foundation

Minister of Integration
and Gender Equality of
Europe Sweden Nyamko Sabuni Sweden

Schweizer Paraplegiker-
Europe Switzerland Christian Wenk Chief Medical Officer Zentrum

Merrill Lynch Capital

Europe Switzerland Christian De Prati Chief Executive Officer Markets AG

Founder and Managing Independent Capital

Europe Switzerland Mirjam Staub-Bisang Partner Management Ltd

Partner and Managing South Pole Carbon Asset

Europe Switzerland Christoph Sutter Director Management Ltd

Swiss Parliament (Social

Member of Swiss Democrats, Canton
Europe Switzerland Pascale Bruderer Parliament Aargau)
Europe Switzerland Scott Weber Director-General Interpeace

Managing Partner and

Europe Ukraine Kirill Dmitriev President Icon Private Equity

Europe United Kingdom Chris Martin Lead Singer, Pianist Coldplay

Chief Executive Officer

Europe United Kingdom Michael Birch and Founder Bebo
Strategic Development
Director, Member of
François-Philippe Management
Europe United Kingdom Champagne Committee AMEC Plc

Europe United Kingdom Brent Hoberman Executive Chairman Mydeco

Europe United Kingdom Jake Leslie Melville Vice-President Booz & Company

Europe United Kingdom David A. Novak Partner Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Europe United Kingdom Faisel Rahman Managing Director Fair Finance

Europe United Kingdom Antonio Simoes Group Director, Strategy HSBC Holdings

Director, Sustainable
Europe United Kingdom Andy Wales Development SABMiller Plc

Europe United Kingdom William Lewis Editor-in-Chief The Daily Telegraph

Managing Director and MTV Networks
Executive Vice- International, Emerging
Europe United Kingdom Bhavneet Singh President Markets

Head, Public Policy and

Europe United Kingdom Jo Leadbeater Advocacy Oxfam Great Britain

Latin America
(incl. Caribbean) Argentina Adrian Suar Founder Fast Company
Chairman of the Board
Latin America and Chief Executive
(incl. Caribbean) Brazil Henrique Alves Pinto Officer Construtora Tenda

Latin America
(incl. Caribbean) Brazil Paula Santos Managing Partner Tathagata
Ludwig Institute for Cancer
Latin America Head, Laboratory of Research, São Paulo
(incl. Caribbean) Brazil Sandro José De Souza Computation Biology Branch
Latin America
(incl. Caribbean) Brazil Luke Dowdney Founder Fight for Peace

Latin America President and Founding

(incl. Caribbean) Costa Rica Francesco Piovanetti Member Arco Capital Management

Latin America
(incl. Caribbean) Cuba Yoani Sanchez Blogger Generación Y

Latin America Dominican

(incl. Caribbean) Republic Marco De la Rosa Chief Executive Officer The AES Corporation

Latin America Minister of Foreign

(incl. Caribbean) El Salvador Marisol Argueta Affairs of El Salvador

Latin America
(incl. Caribbean) Guatemala Matias De Tezanos Chief Executive Officer Healthcare.com

Latin America President and Chief

(incl. Caribbean) Guatemala Salvador Paiz Executive Officer Teculutan Investments

Latin America
(incl. Caribbean) Jamaica Richard Powell Managing Director AP Capital Partners

Latin America Co-Founder and Chief

(incl. Caribbean) Mexico Roy Sosa Executive Officer MPOWER Ventures

Latin America Informacion 40, Edicion

(incl. Caribbean) Mexico Hannia Novell Journalist and Anchor Noche

Latin America Founding Executive Civil Society Leadership

(incl. Caribbean) Nicaragua Felix Maradiaga Director Institute

Latin America Founder and Managing

(incl. Caribbean) Paraguay Nik Kafka Director Teach a Man to Fish

Latin America Los Angeles Philharmonic

(incl. Caribbean) Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel Director Classical Music Orchestra

Middle East/ Current Affairs

North Africa Iraq Mina Al-Oraibi Journalist Asharq Al-Awsat

Middle East/ Co-Founder and Chief

North Africa Israel Yair Goldfinger Technology Officer Dotomi

Middle East/
North Africa Israel Efrat Peled Chief Executive Officer Arison Holdings

Middle East/
North Africa Jordan Omar M. Masri Managing Director Edgo Ventures
 Government of Jordan: The
Middle East/ Commissioner for New Development Zones in
North Africa Jordan Samer I. Asfour Investments Jordan

Middle East/ Vice-Chairman and National Projects Holding

North Africa Kuwait Musaed Al Saleh Chief Executive Officer Company

Middle East/
North Africa Kuwait Mubarak A.M. Sabah Vice-Chairman Action Holdings

Middle East/
North Africa Lebanon Habib Haddad Co-Founder Yamli

Middle East/
North Africa Morocco Laila Lalami Author and Journalist

Middle East/
North Africa Syria Abdulsalam Haykal Founder and Director Transtek

Middle East/ United Arab

North Africa Emirates Dr. Yasar Jarrar Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ambassador of the
Middle East/ United Arab United Arab Emirates to
North Africa Emirates Omar Ghobash Russia

President and Chief

North America Canada George Gosbee Executive Officer Tristone Capital Inc.

North America Canada Geoff MacDonald Chief Investment Officer EdgePoint Capital

North America Canada John W. McArthur Chief Executive Officer Millenium Promise

Associate Professor of
North America Canada Susan L. Tighe Engineering University of Waterloo
Journalist,
Environmentalist,
North America Canada Salimah Ebrahim Producer

North America Canada Ronit Avni Director, Producer Just Vision

Founder and Executive

North America Canada Samantha Nutt Director War Child Canada

Founder and Chief

North America USA Natalia Allen Executive Officer Design Futurist

North America USA Jessica Biel Co-Founder Make a Difference Network

North America USA Jonathan Harris Artist and Storyteller Number27.org

North America USA Tiger Woods Founder Tiger Woods Foundation

North America USA Elena Barmakova President Fontvieille Capital Inc.

Founder and Executive

North America USA Caroline Boudreaux Director The Miracle Foundation

San Francisco Board of

Supervisors
North America USA David Chiu President

North America USA Neil Chugani Chief Financial Officer BBC Worldwide

North America USA Ashish Gadnis Chief Executive Officer Forward Hindsight

Corporate Foundation
North America USA Lisa Huddleson Executive Director Dell Inc. Foundation

Co-Founder and Chief

North America USA Chad Hurley Executive Officer YouTube

North America USA Peter Kellner Managing Director Uhuru Capital Management

North America USA Teresa Kennedy Founder and President Power Living Enterprises

President, Zurich North

North America USA Seraina Maag America Specialties Zurich Financial Services

Co-Founder and Co-

Chief Technology
North America USA Yael Maguire Officer ThingMagic

François-Xavier Chief Operating Officer,

North America USA Mallmann Investment Banking Goldman Sachs

Insight Partners and Insight

North America USA Patrick McWhinney Chief Executive Officer Collaborative

National Geographic
North America USA Kristin Rechberger Vice-President Society
General Partner and
Senior Portfolio Lightspeed Ventures
North America USA Jake Seid Manager Partners
North America USA Josh Silverman Chief Executive Officer Skype Technologies

North America USA Josh Spear Founding Partner Undercurrent

North America USA Michele Wucker Executive Director World Policy Institute
Founder and Chief
North America USA Mark Zuckerberg Executive Officer Facebook
Director, Global
Governance Initiative;
Senior Research Fellow,
American Strategy
North America USA Parag Khanna Programme New America Foundation

North America USA Kevin Rose Founder Digg

North America USA Aleh Tsyvinski Professor Yale University

North America USA Akinwale Ojomo Managing Editor Ebo Magazine

Deputy Trade Office of the US Trade

North America USA Karan K. Bhatia Representative Representative
Senior Foreign Policy
Adviser to the US
North America USA Mark Lippert President
US Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury for
North America USA David Nason Financial Institutions

North America USA Luke Ravenstahl Mayor, Pittsburgh, USA

US Ambassador to the
North America USA Kirsten Silverberger EU

North America USA Priya Haji Chief Executive Officer World of Good
Genocide Intervention
North America USA Mark Hanis Executive Director Network

Bill & Melinda Gates

North America USA Boris Nikolic Senior Program Officer Foundation

North America USA Ebrahim "Eboo" Patel Executive Director Interfaith Youth Core

North America USA Premal Shah President Kiva.org

Mohammad Hanif Minister of Education of

South Asia Afghanistan Atmar Afghanistan
 Wolesi Jirga – Lower
Deputy Speaker of the House of the Afghan
South Asia Afghanistan Fawzia Koofi House, Afghanistan National Assembly
Humanitarian Assistance
for the Women and
South Asia Afghanistan Orzala Ashraf Nemat Founder and Chair Children of Afghanistan

Advanced Chemical
South Asia Bangladesh Arif Dowla Managing Director Industries

South Asia Bangladesh Kamal Quadir Founder CellBazaar

South Asia India Sachin Tendulkar Cricketer

South Asia India Mahesh Bhupati Founder Globosport

South Asia India Navin Chaddha Managing Director Mayfield Fund

Luxor Writing Instruments

South Asia India Pooja Jain Executive Director Pvt. Ltd

South Asia India Sminu Jindal Managing Director Jindal Saw Ltd

Managing Director and

South Asia India Siddhartha Lal Chief Executive Officer Eicher Motors Limited

Director, Emerging
South Asia India Monisha Shah Markets BBC Worldwide
Senior Vice-President,
Banking and Capital
South Asia India Ashok Vemuri Markets Infosys Technologies Ltd

South Asia India Amit Wanchoo Managing Director Eaton Laboratories

Base of Pyramid Learning
Lab – India School of
South Asia India Reuben Abraham Director Business

South Asia India Boria Majumdar Author and Lecturer

South Asia India Shereen Bhan Anchor CNBC – India

Kanimozhi Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Upper House

South Asia India Karunanidhi India of Parliament)

Founder and Chief Centre for Social Markets

South Asia India Malini Mehra Executive Officer (CSM)

The Washington Post

South Asia Pakistan Imtiaz Ali Special Correspondent Company

Chief Executive Officer

South Asia Pakistan Zia Chishti and Chairman The Resource Group
South Asia Pakistan Kasim Kasuri Chief Executive Officer Beaconhouse

South Asia Pakistan Zarrar Sehgal Attorney Clifford Chance LLP

Suranga Co-Founder and Chief

South Asia Sri Lanka Chandratillake Executive Officer blinkx
Long Distance Track
Sub-Saharan and Road Running
Africa Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie Athlete, Ethiopia

Sub-Saharan Chairman and Chief

Africa Ethiopia Tewodros Ashenafi Executive Officer Southwest Energy (HK) Ltd

Sub-Saharan
Africa Gabon Elias Pungong Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sub-Saharan Founder and Executive

Africa Ghana Fidel Jonah Director Jonah Capital

Sub-Saharan Group Digital Business

Africa Kenya Julie Gichuru Manager and TV Host Royal Media Services

Sub-Saharan Member of Parliament,

Africa Kenya Ababu Namwamba Kenya

Sub-Saharan
Africa Mali Malamine Koné Founder Airness

Sub-Saharan
Africa Nigeria Kingsley Bangwell Founder Youngstars Foundation

Sub-Saharan
Africa South Africa Brent Stirton Photographer

Sub-Saharan Founder and Chief

Africa South Africa Adria Greene Executive Officer Lawpoint (Pty) Ltd

Sub-Saharan
Africa South Africa Alan Knott-Craig Chief Executive Officer Iburst

Sub-Saharan
Africa South Africa Vinodan Lingham Chief Executive Officer Synthasite

Sub-Saharan
Africa South Africa Anthony Miller Founder Lightstone

South African Chamber of

Sub-Saharan President and Chief Commerce in America
Africa South Africa Euvin Naidoo Executive Officer (SACCA)

Sub-Saharan Co-Founder and Chief

Africa South Africa Jack Vuyo Executive Officer Empowerdex

Sub-Saharan Branson School of

Africa South Africa James Wanjohi Head Entrepreneurship

Sub-Saharan
Africa South Africa Marianne Knuth Founder Kufunda village
Sub-Saharan Marc Lindenberg Center for
Africa Uganda Sanjeev Khagram Director Humanitarian Action

Sub-Saharan
Africa Zambia Dambisa F. Moyo Member of the Board Lundin for Africa (LFA)

Sub-Saharan Girl Child Network –

Africa Zimbabwe Betty Makoni Director and Founder Zimbabwe

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