The World Economic Forum has just published its annual list of Young Global Leaders, recognizing “between 200 and 300 outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world”.

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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
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
Associate Professor of
Decision Sciences, The
Booz Allen Hamilton
Term Chaired Professor
in Strategic Revenue
Europe France Ioana Popescu Management INSEAD
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.

5. 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

6. Europe Norway Bjarte Reve Chief Executive Officer Oslo Cancer Cluster
Republic of Co-Founder and Team
Europe Serbia Verena Knaus Leader European Stability Initiative
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)

7. 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
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Europe United Kingdom Gustavo Dudamel Director Classical Music Orchestra
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

8. 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
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

9. 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
North America Canada Dambisa F. Moyo Member of the Board Lundin for Africa (LFA)
Founder and Executive
North America Canada Samantha Nutt Director War Child Canada
The Washington Post
North America USA Imtiaz Ali Special Correspondent Company
Founder and Chief
North America USA Natalia Allen Executive Officer Design Futurist

10. 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

11. 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 quot;Ebooquot; Patel Executive Director Interfaith Youth Core

12. 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)

13. 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
Sub-Saharan President and Chief South African Chamber of
Africa South Africa Euvin Naidoo Executive Officer Commerce
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

14. 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 Girl Child Network –
Africa Zimbabwe Betty Makoni Director and Founder Zimbabwe
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