The following is a list of prominent persons who are known to have attended one or more conferences organized by the Bilderberg Group. The list is currently organized by category. It is not a complete list and it includes both living and deceased people. Where known, the year(s) they attended are denoted in brackets.
King Philippe of Belgium (2007–2009, 2012)
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Commonwealth realms (1986)
Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, Commonwealth realms (1965, 1967)
Netherlands
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000, 2006, 2008–2015)
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954–1975) (deceased)
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (2008)
King Harald V of Norway (1984)
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (2011)
Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain (2004)
Queen Sofía of Spain (2008–2011)
Werner Faymann (2009, 2011, 2012) Chancellor 2008–2016
Heinz Fischer (2010, 2015) Federal President 2004–2016
Alfred Gusenbauer (2007, 2015) Chancellor 2007–2008
Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council
Paul-Henri Spaak, Former Prime Minister and Secretary General of NATO (1963) (deceased)
Nikolai Kamov, Member of Parliament (1999)
Mike Harris, (2006), Premier of Ontario 1995–2002
Bernard Lord, (2006), Premier of New Brunswick 1999–2006
Gordon Campbell, (2010), Premier of British Columbia 2001–2011
Nigel S. Wright, (2012) Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, 2011–2013
Alison Redford, (2012), Premier of Alberta 2011-2014
Frank McKenna, (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) Premier of New Brunswick 1987-1997
Brad Wall, (2013) Premier of Saskatchewan 2007–current
Lester B. Pearson, (1968), Prime Minister of Canada (1963–1968)(deceased)
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, (1968), Prime Minister of Canada, 1968–1979, 1980–1984 (deceased)
Jean Chrétien, (1996), Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–2003
Paul Martin, (1996), Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006
Stephen Harper, (2003), Prime Minister of Canada, 2006–2015
Fu Ying (2011, 2012), Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to the UK and Australia
Karel Schwarzenberg (2008)
Karel Kovanda (1998)
Michael Žantovský (1999, 2003)
Vladimír Dlouhý
Jiří Pehe (2001)
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
Frits Bolkestein (1996, 2003), former European Commissioner
Neelie Kroes (2011), EU Commissioner
Pascal Lamy (2003, 2010), former European Commissioner for Trade, Director-General of the World Trade Organization 2005–present
Peter Mandelson (1999), (2009), former European Commissioner for Trade 2004–2008
Pedro Solbes (2010), former European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, former Second Vice President of Spain, former Minister of Economy and Finance
Karel De Gucht (2015), former EU Trade Commissioner.
Finland
Eero Heinäluoma (2006), former chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Minister of Finance 2005-2007
Jyrki Katainen (2007, 2009), chairman of the National Coalition Party, former Minister of Finance and former Prime Minister
Sauli Niinistö (1997), former Minister of Finance, former Speaker of the Parliament, current President of the Republic
Alexander Stubb (2015), Minister of Finance, chairman of the National Coalition Party, former Prime Minister
Jutta Urpilainen (2012, 2013), former Minister of Finance
Matti Vanhanen (2009), former Prime Minister, former chairman of Centre Party
Gaston Defferre (1964), member of National Assembly and mayor of Marseille (at the time) (deceased)
Christine Lagarde (2013), Minister of Finance 2007-2011, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund 2011-
Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France 1962-1968, President of the French Republic 1969-1974 (deceased)
Guido Westerwelle (2007), Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany.
Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor
Angela Merkel (2005), German Chancellor
Joschka Fischer (2008), Foreign Minister 1998-2005
Peer Steinbrück (2011), German Chancellor Candidate
Jürgen Trittin (2012), Environment Minister 1998-2005
Wolfgang Schäuble (2016), Current Finance Minister
Stanislaw Tillich (2016), Current Minister President of Saxony
Thomas de Maizière (2016), Current Interior Minister
Ursula von der Leyen (2016), Current Defence Minister
George Alogoskoufis (2008, 2009), Minister of Economy and Finance 2004-2009
Dora Bakoyannis (2009), Minister for Foreign Affairs 2006-2009
Anna Diamantopoulou (2008, 2009), Member of Parliament
Anastasios Giannitsis (2012), Minister of the Interior (Greece) 2011-2012
Giorgos Papakonstantinou (2010, 2011), Minister of Finance 2009-2011
Yannis Papathanasiou (2009), Minister for Economy and Finance 2009
Yannis Stournaras (2009), Minister of Finance 2012-2013
Iceland
Bjarni Benediktsson (1965, 1967, 1970), Mayor of Reykjavík 1940–47, Foreign Minister 1947–55, editor of The Morning Paper 1956–59, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1959–63, Prime Minister 1963–70 (deceased)
Björn Bjarnason (1974, 1977), Assistant editor of The Morning Paper 1984–1991, Minister of Education 1995–2002, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 2003, 2009
Davíð Oddsson (ca. 1991–1999), Mayor of Reykjavík 1982–1991, Prime Minister 1991–2004, Foreign Minister 2004–2005, Central Bank governor 2005–2009, editor of The Morning Paper as of September 2009
Einar Benediktsson (ca. 1970), ambassador: OECD 1956–60, UK 1982–1986, European Union et al. 1986–1991, NATO 1986–1990, United States et al. 1993–1997, etc.
Geir Haarde, Central Bank economist 1977–1983, member and chairman of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee 1991–1998, Minister of Finance 1998–2005, Foreign Minister 2005–2006, Prime Minister 2006–2009
Geir Hallgrímsson (ca. 1974–1977, 1980), Mayor of Reykjavík 1959–72, Prime Minister 1974–1978, Foreign Minister 1983–1986, Central Bank governor 1986–1990 (deceased)
Jón Sigurðsson (1993), IMF Board of Directors 1974–1987, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1987–88, Industry and Commerce 1988–93, Central Bank governor 1993–94, Nordic Investment Bank governor 1994–2005
Ireland
Garret FitzGerald (1985), former Taoiseach (deceased)
Paul Gallagher, Attorney General of Ireland
Dermot Gleeson, former Attorney General of Ireland
Charlie McCreevy
Michael McDowell (2007), former Attorney General, former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Michael Noonan, (2012, 2016), then Minister for Finance.
Peter Sutherland, Director General of the WTO and former Attorney General of Ireland
Simon Coveney, (2014), then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, shortly afterwards became Minister for Defence
Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister
Emma Bonino, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank
Mario Monti, Economist, former Prime Minister
Renato Ruggiero, former WTO director, politician
Nobuo Tanaka (2009), Executive Director of the International Energy Agency 2007-2011
Netherlands
Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister 1982-1994
Wim Kok, Prime Minister 1994-2002
Jan-Peter Balkenende (2008), Prime Minister 2002-2010
Maxime Verhagen, Minister
Mark Rutte, the current Prime Minister
Alexander Pechtold, leader of D66, a political party
Kajsa Ollongren , Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam (2016)
Jens Stoltenberg (2002),the former Prime Minister of Norway.
Kristin Clemet (1999, 2008) Managing Director of the liberal and conservative think tank Civita, Former Minister of Education and Science.
Geir Lundestad (2005) Director of the Norwegian Nobel institute and Secretary to The Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
Poland
Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group (deceased)
Andrzej Olechowski (1994, 2004, 2005)
Hanna Suchocka (1998)
Jan Vincent-Rostowski (2012)
Radoslaw Sikorski (2016)
António José Seguro, Politician
Paulo Portas, Politician
Luís Amado, Politician
Paulo Rangel, Politician
Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983–1985, 1987–2008), former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981–1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
Manuel Pinho (2009), former Minister of Economy and Innovation
José Sócrates (2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal
José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, former Minister of Justice
Santana Lopes (2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal
José Manuel Durão Barroso (1994, 2003, 2005, 2013), former Prime Minister of Portugal and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and current President of the European Commission
Nuno Morais Sarmento, former Minister of Presidency and Minister of Parliament Affairs
António Costa (2008), former Minister of Interior, former Mayor of Lisbon current Prime Minister of Portugal.
Rui Rio (2008), former Mayor of Porto
Manuela Ferreira Leite (2009), former Minister of Education and Minister of Finance and Public Administration
Augusto Santos Silva, former Minister of Education, Minister of Culture, Minister of Parliament Affairs, and current Minister of National Defence
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (1998), former Minister of Parliament Affairs
António Guterres (1994), former Prime Minister of Portugal, former President of the Socialist International and current United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Ferro Rodrigues, former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity and Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal
Luís Mira Amaral (1995), former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, chairman of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and CEO of Banco Português de Investimento
Vítor Constâncio (1988), governor of the Banco de Portugal, Vice President of the ECB
Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (2010), former Minister of Finance
José Medeiros Ferreira (1977, 1980), former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral (1999), former Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
António Miguel Morais Barreto (1992), former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries
João Cravinho, former Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development
Artur Santos Silva, former vice-governor of the Banco de Portugal, chairman of Banco Português de Investimento and current non-executive chairman of Jerónimo Martins
Francisco Luís Murteira Nabo, former chairman of Portugal Telecom, Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications, and current chairman of Galp Energia and president of the Portuguese Economists Association
María Dolores de Cospedal (2011), Secretary General of the People's Party
Bernardino León Gross (2008, 2010, 2011), Secretary General of Office of the Prime Minister
Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2009), Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004-2010
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (2012), Deputy Prime Minister
Pedro Solbes (2009), Minister of Economy and Finance 1993-1996, 2004-2009
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2010), Prime Minister 2004–2011
Carl Bildt (2006, 2008, 2009, 2013) Prime Minister 1991–1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006–2014
Anders Borg (2007, 2013) Minister of Finance 2006–2014
Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978), Prime Minister 1976–1978
Maud Olofsson (2008), Minister of Industry 2006–2011
Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006), Prime Minister 2006–2014
Mona Sahlin (1996), Head of the Swedish social democratic party 2007–2011
Switzerland
Christoph Blocher (2009), former Member of Federal Council and former CEO of EMS Group
Doris Leuthard (2011), Member of Federal Council
Rolf Schweiger (2011)
Ali Babacan (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013), Minister of Economic Affairs 2002-2007, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2007-2009, Deputy Prime Minister 2009-2015
Mehmet Şimşek (2016), Deputy Prime Minister
Shirley Williams (at least 2010, 2013), stateswoman and member, House of Lords; Harvard University Professor; Past President, Chatham House; int'l member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Helen Goodman (2016)
Paddy Ashdown (1989), former leader of Liberal Democrats, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ed Balls (2006), former Economic Secretary to the Treasury and advisor to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and was Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010)
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Steering Committee member), former Foreign Secretary
Kenneth Clarke (1993, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013) Chancellor of the Exchequer 1993–1997, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2008–2010, Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice 2010–2012, Minister without Portfolio 2012–2014
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Viscount Cranborne) (1997), Leader of the House of Lords 1994–1997
Denis Arthur Greenhill, Lord Greenhill of Harrow (deceased) (1974),) former Head of Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Denis Healey (founder and Steering Committee member), former Chancellor of the Exchequer (deceased)
John Kerr (2008–2013, 2015), member of the House of Lords and Deputy Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell
Peter Mandelson (1999, 2008, 2009, 2011–2013) Business Secretary (2008–2010)
John Monks (1996), former TUC General Secretary
George Osborne (2006, 2007, 2008 2009, 2013) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2004–2010), Chancellor of the Exchequer (2010-2016)
David Owen (1982), former British Foreign Secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party
Enoch Powell, (deceased) (1968), MP and Ulster Unionist
Malcolm Rifkind (1996), former Foreign Secretary
Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973–1975, 1977–1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee), Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman (deceased)
David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (1995), Diplomatic posts at European Union and United Nations.
John Smith (1989) (deceased), Labour Party leader
Tony Blair (1993), Prime Minister 1997–2007
Gordon Brown (1991), Prime Minister 2007– 2010
Edward Heath, Prime Minister 1970–1974 (deceased)
Alec Douglas-Home (1977–1980), Chairman of the Bilderberg Group, Prime Minister 1963–1964 (deceased)
Margaret Thatcher (at least 1975, 1977, 1986), Prime Minister 1979–1990 (deceased)
David Cameron (2013) Prime Minister 2010-2016
Thomas E. Donilon (2012), Executive Vice President for Law and Policy at Fannie Mae (1999–2005), National Security Advisor (2010 – 2013)
Roger Altman (2011, 2012, 2013), Deputy Treasury Secretary from 1993–1994, Founder and Chairman of Evercore Partners
George W. Ball (1954, 1993), Under Secretary of State 1961–1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968 (deceased)
Sandy Berger (1999), National Security Advisor, 1997–2001
Hillary Clinton (1997), First Lady of the USA when attending, later 67th United States Secretary of State
Timothy Geithner (2008, 2009), Treasury Secretary
Dick Gephardt (2012), former Congressman and House Majority Leader
Lee H. Hamilton (1997), former Congressman
Christian Herter, (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State (deceased)
Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960), Special Assistant to the President (deceased)
Joseph E. Johnson (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (deceased)
Henry Kissinger (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015), 56th United States Secretary of State
Mark G. Mazzie (1986, 1987), Chief of Staff, The Honorable George C. Wortley, U.S. House of Representatives.
Richard Perle (2011), Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee 2001–2003, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense 1981–1987
Colin Powell (1997), 65th United States Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice (2008), 66th United States Secretary of State
George P. Shultz (2008), 60th United States Secretary of State
Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council
Paul Volcker (2010), Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979–1987
Terry Wolfe (2010), author and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Robert Zoellick (2008–2015), former Trade Representative, former Deputy Secretary of State and former President of the World Bank Group
George H.W Bush (1989,1992)
Bill Clinton (1991), President 1993–2001
Gerald Ford (1964, 1966), President 1974–1977 (deceased)
Tom Daschle (2008), Senator from South Dakota 1987-2005
John Edwards (2004), Senator from North Carolina 1999–2005
Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000), Senator from Nebraska 1997–2009, Secretary of Defense 2013–2015.
John Kerry (2012), 68th United States Secretary of State and Senator from Massachusetts (1985–2013)
Sam Nunn (1996, 1997), Senator from Georgia 1972–1997
Lindsey Graham (2016), Senator from South Carolina since 2003
Mitchell Daniels (2012) Governor of Indiana 2004–2013
Jon Huntsman, Jr. (2012), Governor of Utah 2005–2009
Rick Perry (2007), Governor of Texas 2000–2015
Mark Sanford (2008), Governor of South Carolina 2003–2011
Kathleen Sebelius (2008), Governor of Kansas 2003-2009, Secretary of Health and Human Services 2009-2014.
Jens Stoltenberg (2015), Secretary General of NATO, since 2014
Netherlands
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2010), former Secretary General of NATO
Colin Gubbins (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE (deceased)
Lyman Lemnitzer (1963), Supreme Allied Commander NATO 1963–1969 (deceased)
Alexander Haig (1978), NATO Commander 1974–1979 (US Secretary of State 1981–1982) (deceased)
Keith B. Alexander (2012), Commander US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency.
David Petraeus (2013), former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Andreas Treichl (2009), CEO of Erste Bank
Rudolf Scholten (2010), Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
Walter Rothensteiner (2011) CEO of Raiffeisen Zentralbank
Neil McKinnon, (1965), President of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
Louis Rasminsky, (1968), third Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1961 to 1973. (deceased)
Frank McKenna, (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012), Deputy Chair of TD Bank Financial Group, Canadian Ambassador to the United States 2005–2006, Premier of New Brunswick 1987–1997
Marcel Faribault, (1966), Canadian notary, businessman and administrator, he became president of Trust Général du Canada. (deceased)
Mark Carney, (2011, 2012), Governor of the Bank of England from July 2013 on, eighth governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, an institution of the G20 based in Basel, Switzerland.
Clark, Edmund, (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012), President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
Henri de Castries (2008–2015), Chairman and CEO of AXA
Jean-Claude Trichet (2008, 2009, 2010) President of the European Central Bank 2003–2011
Siegmund Warburg (1977) (deceased)
Takis Arapoglou (2009), former Chairman and CEO of National Bank of Greece
Netherlands
Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President (deceased)
Poland
Sławomir Sikora (2004) – CEO of Citibank
Antonio Nogueira Leite (Portuguese) (2011), Economist
Francisco Pinto Balsemão, media businessman
Ana P. Botín (2010), Chairman of Banesto
Juan María Nin Génova (2009-2012), CEO of La Caixa
Matías Rodríguez Inciarte (2010), Vice Chairman of Santander Group
Suzan Sabancı Dinçer (2009, 2010), Chairman of Akbank
Gordon Richardson, (1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England (deceased)
Douglas Flint (2016) Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
David Rockefeller, Sr. (2008, 2009, 2011), Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
William Joseph McDonough (1997), former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Ben Bernanke (2008, 2009), Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Rolf Soiron (2011), CEO of Holcim Ltd.
Finland
Jorma Ollila (1997, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013), current Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and former Chairman of Nokia Corporation.
Michel Bon, former CEO of France Telecom
Tom Enders (2011), CEO of Airbus
André Lévy-Lang, (French) former CEO of Paribas
Josef Ackermann (2008–2011, 2013), CEO of Deutsche Bank
Otto Wolff von Amerongen, Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.
Klaus Kleinfeld (2008–2013), Chairman and CEO of Alcoa
Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994–1996, 1997), 1998, 1999, 2001–2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
George A. David (2009-2011), Chairman of Coca-Cola Hellenic
Dimitris Papalexopoulos (2008, 2009, 2012), Managing Director of Titan Cement
Iceland
Hörður Sigurgestsson, former CEO of shipping line Eimskip, former chairman and CFO of Icelandair
Ireland
Denis O'Brien, Billionaire with a variety of business interests (including Digicel, Communicorp, Independent News & Media, Irish Water and Topaz Energy)
Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair
Giovanni Agnelli (1997), Honorary Chairman of Fiat Automobiles (deceased)
Umberto Agnelli (1997), Chairman of IFIL (deceased)
Franco Bernabè (2011, 2013), CEO of Telecom Italia
John Elkann (2008–2012, 2014, 2015), Chairman of Fiat
Netherlands
Paul Rijkens (Dutch) Former Chairman of Unilever(deceased)
Jens Chr. Hauge (member of the group's board; industrialist, who resigned as minister of justice in 1955; minister of defence appointment in 1945)
Poland
Jacek Szwajcowski (2004, 2005) – CEO of Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna (Polish Pharmaceutical Group)
Manuel Ferreira de Oliveira, CEO of Galp Energia
Ricardo Salgado, CEO of Banco Espírito Santo
Anatoly Chubais (1998, 2012), head of the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation
Alexei Mordashov (2011), CEO of Severstal
Ilya Tretyakov (2015), CEO of Severstal
César Alierta (2010), Chairman and CEO of Telefónica
Jaime Carvajal Urquijo (2010), Chairman of Advent International
José Manuel Entrecanales (2009, 2010), Chairman of Acciona
Percy Barnevik (1992–1996, 1997, 2001), former CEO of ASEA
Jacob Wallenberg (2006, 2013) Chairman of Investor AB
Hans Stråberg (2006), CEO of Electrolux
Switzerland
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (2011), Chairman of Nestlé
André Kudelski (2011) Director of Nestlé, CEO of the Kudelski Group
Daniel Vasella (2008–2013), Chairman of Novartis
Peter Voser (2010, 2013), CEO of Royal Dutch Shell
Süreyya Ciliv (2011), CEO of Turkcell
Mustafa Koç (2008–2013), Chairman of Koç Holding
Tuncay Özilhan (2010), Chairman of Anadolu Group
Şefika Pekin (2011), attorney
Serpil Timuray (2012), CEO of Vodafone Turkey
Agah Uğur (2009), CEO of Borusan Holding
Marcus Agius, Chairman of Barclays (2011, 2013)
Hinesh C Parmar (2008–2014) 2005), President of ParmarCorp
Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997, 2004), Chief Executive of BP
Peter Sutherland (1989–1996, 1997, 2005), former Chairman of BP
Martin Taylor (1993–1996, 1997, 2013), former CEO of Barclays
Jeff Bezos (2011, 2013), Founder and CEO of Amazon.com
Timothy C. Collins (2008–2012), CEO of Ripplewood Holdings
Bill Gates (2010), Chairman of Microsoft
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.,
H. J. Heinz II (1954), CEO of H. J. Heinz Company (deceased)
Chris Hughes (2011), Co-founder of Facebook
Donald E. Graham (2008–2010), CEO and Chairman of The Washington Post Company, Board of Directors for Facebook
Henry Kravis (2008–2015), Co-founder, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Eric Schmidt (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013–2016), CEO and Chairman of Google
Peter Thiel (2007-2016), President of Clarium Capital and PayPal co-founder
David M. Cote (2016), Chairman and CEO of Honeywell
Gustavo Cisneros (2010), Chairman of Grupo Cisneros
Switzerland
Beatrice Weder di Mauro, (2016), Professor of Economics, University of Mainz
James Orbinski, (2011), Professor of Medicine and Political Science, University of Toronto, he was President of the International Council of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, aka Doctors Without Borders) at the time the organization received the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize.
Huang Yiping (2011, 2012), Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
Finland
Matti Apunen (2015), Director of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
Leena Mörttinen (2015), Executive Director of the Family Business Network Finland
C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997), President, Peterson Institute
Thierry de Montbrial, Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Loukas Tsoukalis (2009-2012), President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Netherlands
Victor Halberstadt (2000-2012), Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings
Robbert Dijkgraaf (2013), mathematical physicist, director and Leon Levy professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, professor at the University of Amsterdam.
The only Russian participant at the Bilderberg-2015 meeting is Professor of Economics Sergei Guriev.
Richard Pipes (1981), Senior Staff Member, National Security Council
Oscar Bronner (2008 2010, 2013), 2009, 2010, 2011) Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
Peter Mansbridge, (2010), CBC's chief correspondent and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast.
Conrad Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, (1981, 1983, 1985–1996), Hollinger International, Inc., Author and former media magnate. (1997),
Robert Prichard, (2010), the president of Ontario's Metrolinx.
Heather Reisman, (2000 – present), CEO of Chapters/Indigo, Co-Founder of the Heseg Foundation.
David Frum, (1997), Canadian American journalist and a former economic speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
Tøger Seidenfaden (1999, 2001–03), editor-in-chief, Politiken (deceased)
Nicolas Beytout, (French) Editor of Le Figaro (France)
Erik Izraelewicz (2012), CEO of Le Monde (deceased)
Alexis Papahelas (2008, 2009), Managing editor of Kathimerini
Carlo Rossella (1997), Editor, La Stampa
Lilli Gruber (2012), Journalist – Anchorwoman, La7
Per Egil Hegge (1999), journalist, editor, author
Poland
Anne Applebaum (2015), journalist, author
Clara Ferreira Alves (2011), journalist, Expressso newspaper (flagship of Impresa media group)
Juan Luis Cebrián (2008-2012), CEO of PRISA
Switzerland
Michael Ringier (2009), Chairman of Ringier
Pietro Supino (2012), Chairman of Tamedia
Sami Kohen (2009), Senior Foreign Affairs Columnist of Milliyet
Will Hutton (1997), former CEO of The Work Foundation and editor-in-chief for The Observer
Andrew Knight (1996), journalist, editor, and media baron
William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996), columnist and founder of National Review (deceased)
Charlie Rose (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012), Executive Editor and Anchor, ‘Charlie Rose’
George Stephanopoulos (1996, 1997), Former Communications Director of the Clinton Administration (1993–1996), now ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent.
Fouad Ajami (2012), Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
