List of Young Global Leaders

Asia Pacific

Daniel M. Shim, Head of Corporate Development, MCM; South Korea

Divya Seshamani, Partner, TPG Europe LLP; Singapore

James Song, Managing Principal, Faircap Partners; Myanmar

Kentaro Katayama, Non-residential fellow, SAIS John Hopkins University; Japan

Mohamed Faizal Mohamed Abdul Kadir, Director, The Criminal Justice Department at Attorney-General's Chambers; Singapore

Nomin Chinbat, CEO, Mongol TV; Mongolia

Ohtani Kojun, Head Priest, Jodo-shinshu Temple, Japan

Pham Thi Ngan, Co-founder, Nyugencomm; Vietnam

Samantha Freebairn, Squadron Leader and Pilot, Royal Australian Air Force; Australia

Sarah Hanson-Young, Senator of South Australia, Government of South Australia; Australia

Simon Smiles, Managing Director, UBS Switzerland AG; Australia

Sotaro Uemura, Professor, University of Tokyo; Japan

Thaung Su Nyein, Managing Director / CEO, Information Matrix Co., Ltd.; Myanmar

William Tanuwijaya, Co-founder and CEO, Tokopedia; Indonesia

Yeen Seen Ng, COO, Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute; Malaysia

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

Eleni Antoniadou, Scientist and a women's rights activist; Greece

Emmanuel Macron, Minister of the economy, industry and digital affairs; France

Hadia Tajik, Member of the Storting; Norway

Javier Olivan, Vice-President of Growth, Facebook; Spain

Greater China

Anna Fang Hamm, Partner, Zhen Fund; China

Carol Li Rafferty, Managing Director, Yale University; China

Chih-Han Yu, CEO, Appier; Taiwan

Donald Tang, CEO, D. E. Shaw & Co. (Asia Pacific) Limited; Hong Kong

Rebecca Yuancao Yang, CEO, IPCN LTD; China

Sheng Fu, CEO, Cheetah Mobile; China

Shu Wang, Deputy Director, National Development and Reform Commission; China

Wei Shi, Director, Department of International Economic Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry; China

Xiaohua Ji, Founder and CEO, Guokr.com; China

Yan Shi, Director, Shared Harvest Farm; China

Yanliang Miao, Senior Advisor to the Administrator and Head of Research, State Administration of Foreign Exchange; China

Yao Chen, Actress; China

Yinuo Li, Director China Country Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; 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; USA

David A. Bray, Chief Information Officer, Federal Communications Commission; USA

Monica Yunus, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Sing for Hope; USA

Aria Finger, Chief Executive Officer of DoSomething.org; USA

Seth Moulton, Congressman from Massachusetts; USA

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, Professor and Director, Fundação Getúlio Vargas; 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

Eyal Gura, Founder and Chairman of Zebra Medical Vision; Israel

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; USA

Alyssa Mastromonaco, Contributing Editor, Marie Claire; USA

Andrew Ng, Co-Founder and Chairman, Coursera; USA

Elise Stefanik, Congresswoman from New York (R), 21st District, United States House of Representatives; USA

Elizabeth Holmes, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Theranos; USA

George P. Bush, Commissioner, Texas General Land Office; USA

G. Willow Wilson, Comics Writer; USA

Ivanka Trump, Vice President, Development and Acquisitions, The Trump Organization; USA

Julie Smolyansky, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, Lifeway Foods; USA

Lauren Bush Lauren, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FEED Projects; USA

Logan Green, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lyft; USA

Lyndon Rive, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SolarCity; USA

Matt Mullenweg, Founder, WordPress; USA

Megan Ellison, Founder, Annapurna Pictures; USA

Michelle Dipp, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OvaScience Inc.; USA

Thomas W. Farley, President, New York Stock Exchange; USA

Tom Cotton, Senator from Arkansas (R), United States Senate; USA

Tracy Britt Cool, Chief Executive Officer, Pampered Chef; USA

Tulsi Gabbard, Congresswoman from Hawaii (D), 2nd District, United States House of Representatives; USA

Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; USA

Zachary Bogue, Founder, Data Collective; USA

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

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

Johannes Weber, Managing Director, Social Venture Fund; 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

Belinda Parmar, Chief Executive Officer and Author, Lady Geek; UK

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

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; USA

Leah Busque, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TaskRabbit, Inc.; USA

Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas, Google; USA

Amy Cuddy, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School; USA

Brooke Ellison, Member of the Board, Empire State Stem Cell Board; USA

Limor Fried, Owner and Head Engineer, Adafruit Industries LLC; USA

Steven Fulop, Mayor of Jersey City; USA

Rayid Ghani, Co-Founder, Edgeflip; USA

Jaime Herrera Beutler, Congresswoman from Washington (R), 3rd District, US House of Representatives; USA

Lynn Jurich, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Sunrun; USA

David Karp, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tumblr; USA

Jessica Long, Managing Director, Accenture Development Partnerships; USA

Jennifer Nichols, Global Head of Legal, Aberdeen Asset Management; USA

Jonah Peretti, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BuzzFeed; USA

Austin Ramirez, President and Chief Executive Officer, HUSCO International; USA

Julissa Reynoso, US Ambassador, US Embassy; USA

Daron Roberts, President and Founder, 4th and 1, Inc.; USA

Rebecca Weintraub, Faculty Director, Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard University; USA

Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to President Barack Obama for Energy and Climate Change, White House; USA

Nate Morris, Co-Founder and CEO of Rubicon Global; USA

South Asia

Farhan Akhtar, Film Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Singer, Producer and Choreographer, Excel Entertainment; India

Sachin Bansal, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Flipkart.com; India

Avani Davda, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Starbucks Ltd.; India

Nandini Piramal, Executive Director and Head of Human, Piramal Enterprises 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

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

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

Arnaud Ventura, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PlaNet Finance; 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

Ali Adnan Ibrahim, Vice-President, Al Baraka Banking Group; Bahrain

Tawakkol Karman, Head, Women Journalists Without Chains; Yemen

North America

Shauna Robertson, Founder, CrowdRise; Canada

Lynsey Addario, Freelance Photographer; USA

Chelsea Clinton, Board Member, Clinton Foundation; USA

Brian Deese, Deputy Director, National Economic Council; USA

Wendy Dent, Writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur Wendy Dent InterMedia, Visiting Scholar University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts; USA

Eric Greitens, Founder and Executive Director, The Mission Continues; USA

Tony Hsieh, Chief Executive Officer, Zappos.com; USA

Chris Hughes, Editor-In-Chief, The New Republic; USA

Leila Janah, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Samasource; USA

Benjamin Jealous, President and Chief Executive Officer, NAACP; USA

Jared Polis, Congressman from Colorado (D), 2nd District, United States House of Representatives; USA

Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance; USA

Clara Shih, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hearsay Labs; USA

Nate Silver, Founder, FiveThirtyEight.Com; USA

Angela Sun, Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive Officer and President, Bloomberg LP; USA

Anne Wojcicki, Co-Founder, 23andMe Inc.; USA

Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zuckerberg Media; USA

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

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, 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, 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

Hilal Lashuel, Director of the Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Neurodegeneration at Brain Mind Institute (BMI) of École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; Yemen

North America

George Stroumboulopoulos, Broadcaster, CBC Television; Canada

Tim Wu, Senior Advisor, Federal Trade Commission; Canada

Candy Chang, Artist and Co-Founder, Civic Center; USA

Jane Chen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Embrace; USA

Cesar Conde, President, Univision Networks; USA

Joshua DuBois, Executive Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships; USA

Scott Harrison, Founder, Charity: Water; USA

Ken Howery, Co-Founder and Partner, Founders Fund; USA

Josh James, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Domo Inc.; USA

Salman Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Khan Academy; USA

John Legend, Founder, The Show Me Campaign; USA

Jonathan Levin, Professor of Economics, Stanford University; USA

Greg McKeown, Chief Executive Officer, THIS Inc.; USA

Aimee Mullins, Athlete, Actress and Design Innovator, Mullins Studio; USA

Pardis Sabeti, Assistant Professor, Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology; USA

Rebecca Saxe, Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; USA

Lara Setrakian, Correspondent, ABC News-Bloomberg Television; USA

Rachel Sterne, Chief Digital Officer, City of New York; USA

South Asia

Binoy Job, Director and Official Spokesperson for the Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister's Office; India

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

Rajamanohar Somasundaram, Founder and Managing Director, Hexolabs; India

Ashwinikumar Naik, Founder of Vaatsalya, TED fellow and Ashoka Fellow.

Fatima Bhutto, 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

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; USA

Alexa Von Tobel, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LearnVest.com; USA

Yoshikazu Tanaka, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GREE, Inc.; Japan

Benjamin Skinner, Senior Vice-President, Tau Investment Management; USA

Dan Senor, Senior Adviser, Elliott Management Corporation; USA

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.; USA

Jane McGonigal, Chief Creative Officer, SuperBetter Labs; USA

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; USA

Max Levchin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, HVF, LLC; USA

Vivek Kundra, Executive Vice-President, Emerging Markets, Salesforce.com; USA

Basetsana Kumalo, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd.; South Africa

Jessica Jackley, Venture Partner, Collaborative Fund; USA

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; USA

Özlem Denizmen, Head of Social Investments, Dogus Group; Turkey

danah boyd, Principal researcher, Microsoft Research; USA

Wences Casares, Chief Executive Officer, Lemon Wallet; USA

Pete Cashmore, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mashable; USA

Badr Jafar, President of Crescent Petroleum

Binoy Job, Director, Prime Ministers Office, India and Founder Leaders For Tomorrow

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; USA

Marc Benioff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce.com; USA

Kumar Mangalam Birla - India, Aditya Birla Group Chairman

Thor Bjorgolfsson - Iceland, Actavis Chairman

Sergey Brin, Co-Founder and President, Google; USA

William F. Browder - Russian Federation, Hermitage Capital Management CEO

Ángel Cabrera - USA, Spain Thunderbird School of Global Management President

Lisa Caputo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Women and Co.; USA

Bozidar Djelic, President, Altis Consulting; Serbia

Anthony Francis Fernandes, CEO, AirAsia; Malaysia

Miguel R. Forbes, VP, Forbes; USA

Scott J. Freidheim, EVP, Sears Holdings Corporation; USA

Helen Greiner, Chairman, iRobot Corporation; USA

Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Chairman, easyGroup; UK

Sahar Hashemi, Co-Founder, Coffee Republic; UK

Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Capital Management; USA

Steve Jurvetson, Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson; USA

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; USA

Aerin Lauder, SVP, Estée Lauder; USA

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; USA

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; USA

Larry Page, Co-Founder, Google; USA

Nazir Razak, CEO, Commerce International Merchant Bankers; Malaysia

Anne Richards, CIO, Aberdeen Asset Management; UK

Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, Co-Chairman, Atticus Capital; UK

Ferit Sahenk, Chairman, Dogus Holding; Turkey

William Saito, President and Chief Executive Officer, InTecur; Japan

Malvinder Mohan Singh, President, Ranbaxy Laboratories; India

Dylan Taylor, Global President, Colliers International

Jon S. Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software; Norway

Arzuhan Yalçindag, Chief Executive Officer, Kanal D; Turkey

Zennström, Niklas, Skype; UK

Zhang Xin, SOHO China; China

Political

All posts held, unless otherwise stated, as of early 2005

Koichi Yamauchi, Member of the House of Representatives, House of Representatives; Japan

Wang Yong, Secretary-General, Brand China Industry Union; China

Chuka Umunna, Member of Parliament for Streatham, House of Commons of the United Kingdom; UK

Deepender Singh Hooda, Member of Parliament, Parliament of India; India

William Saito, Special Adviser, Cabinet Office of Japan; Japan

Aygül Özkan, Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Family, Health and Integration, State of Lower Saxony; Germany

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 Utter Pradesh India, Samajwadi Party

Societal

Rodrigo Baggio, Executive Director, Center for Digital Inclusion; Brazil

Alexandra Cousteau, Founder and President, Blue legacy International; USA

Dave Eggers, Co-Founder, 826 Valencia; USA

Scott Gilmore, Co-Founder, Building Markets, formerly Peace Dividend Trust (PDT)

Intellectual

Naoko Yamazaki, Astronaut, JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA); Japan

Marin Soljacic, Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); USA

Amy Finkelstein, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); USA

Gita Gopinath, Professor of Economics, Harvard University; USA

Angela Belcher, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); USA

Afshin Molavi, Author and Journalist, New America Foundation; USA

James Bradfield Moody, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Australia

Stephen Frost, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games; UK

Beatrice Weder di Mauro, German Council of Economic Experts and Professor of International Macroeconomics, University of Mainz; Germany

Arts and culture

Zhou Xun, Actress, ZhouXun Studio; China

Zoe Keating, Cellist and Composer; Canada

Daniela Mercury - singer; Brazil

Achinoam Nini (Noa), Singer/Songwriter, More Productions; Israel

Ruslana, Singer/Songwriter; Ukraine

Opinion

Thomas Crampton, Correspondent, International Herald Tribune/The New York Times, Paris

Europe

Cenk Aydin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Halikarnas Financial Services and Advisory; UK

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; USA

Anand Chandrasekaran, Chief Product Officer, Bharti Airtel

Steve Chen, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, AVOS Systems; USA

Peter L. Corsell, Chairman of the Board, GridPoint; USA

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Chief Executive Officer, Green for All; USA

Manisha Girotra, Country Head, Moelis & Company; USA

Kellie Leitch, Chair, Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership, Richard Ivey Business School; Canada

Marissa Mayer, Chief Executive Officer, Yahoo!; USA

Rebecca Onie, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Health Leads; USA

Ricken Patel, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Avaaz; USA

Michelle Rhee, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, StudentsFirst; USA

Luis von Ahn, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University; USA

Nathan Wolfe, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Metabiota; USA

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

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 & 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; USA

Mark Hanis, Co-Founder, Genocide Intervention Network (now United to End Genocide); USA

Marisol Argueta de Barillas, Senior Director, Head of Latin America - World Economic Forum USA; USA

Ronit Avni, Founder and Executive Director, Just Vision; USA

Elena Barmakova, Founder, Fontvieille Capital Inc.; USA

Suranga Chandratillake, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, blinkx, USA

David Chiu, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, City Hall; USA

Chad Hurley, Founder, AVOS Systems; USA

Laila Lalami, Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, University of Southern California, Riverside; USA

Tan Le, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Emotiv Systems; USA

Vinny Lingham, Chief Executive Officer, Gyft; USA

Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director, War Child; Canada

Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith Youth Core; USA

Premal Shah, President, Kiva; USA

Shen Wei, Founder, Shen Wei Dance Arts; USA

Kristen Silverberg, Chief Operating Officer, Vorbeck Materials; USA

Brent Stirton, Senior Photographer, Getty Images; USA

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Facebook; USA

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

Amit Wanchoo, Managing Director, Eaton Laboratories; India

Wen Bo, Programme Director, Air and Water Conservation Fund, National Geographic Society; China

Shalini Mahtani, Founder, The Zubin Foundation; Hong Kong

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

Jin Kim, Attorney, LeeAn; South Korea

Hines Ward, Founder, Hines Ward Helping Hands Foundation; South Korea

Adrian Cheok, Director, Mixed Reality Lab, NUS; Singapore

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; USA

Eric Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Space Adventures; USA

Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, State of Louisiana; USA

Caroline Hoxby, Professor of Economics, Stanford University; USA

Lydia Polgreen, Journalist, The New York Times; USA

Roy Harvey, Plant Manager, Alcoa San Ciprian; USA

Casey Wasserman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wasserman Media Group; USA

Anderson Cooper, Anchor, 360°, CNN; USA

Geoff Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Unitus; USA

Nicole Nason, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; USA

George Walker, Managing Director and Global Head of Investment Management, Lehman Brothers; USA

Leonardo DiCaprio, Actor; USA

Adam H. Putnam, Congressman from Florida (R), 12th District; USA

Susan Athey, Professor for Economics, Harvard University; USA

David Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Euro RSCG Worldwide; USA

Kimberly A. Moore, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; USA

Kara Walker, Artist and Professor, School of the Arts, Columbia University; USA

Mia Hamm, Founder, Mia Hamm Foundation; USA

Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief Executive Officer and President, Expedia; USA

Artur Davis, Congressman from Alabama (D), 7th District; USA

Laura Alber, President, Williams-Sonoma; USA

Patrick Ramsey, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch; USA

Tony Hawk, Founder, Tony Hawk Foundation; USA

Daniel Lubetzky, Chief Executive Officer, KIND LLC; Founder, PeaceWorks Foundation; USA

Jared Genser, Managing Director, Perseus Strategies LLC; USA

Adam Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer services; USA

Enric Sala, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society; USA

Paul van Zyl, Chief Executive Officer, Maiyet; USA

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

Business

Richard Stromback Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ecology Coatings, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOC)

Muna Abu-Sulayman Humanitarian, philanthropist and one of the most influential Muslims in the world

Kota Matsuda, Founder of Tully's Coffee Japan, Member of The House of Councillors; Japan

Jimmy Wales, Co-founder and Promoter, Wikipedia; UK

Anousheh Ansari, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Prodea Systems Inc.; USA

Adam Bly, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Seed; USA

Ozwald Boateng, Founder, Bespoke Couture Ltd.; UK

Marcelo Claure, President, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Brightstar Corporation; USA

Tanya Dubash, Executive Director and Chief Brand Officer, Godrej Group; India

Tony Fadell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nest Labs; USA

Naveen Jindal, Chairman, Jindal Steel and Power; India

Daniel Lubetzky, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, KIND Healthy Snacks; USA

David McWilliams, Broadcaster, Writer and Commentator, McWilliams Productions; Ireland

Raju Narisetti, Senior Vice-President and Deputy Head of Strategy, News Corporation; USA

Kohei Nishiyama, Chairman and Founder, elephant design Co.Ltd.; Japan

Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board, Facebook; USA

Christopher Schläffer, Chief Executive Officer, yetu AG; Germany

Andrew Ross Sorkin, Financial Columnist, The New York Times; USA

Peter Thiel, Partner, Founders Fund; USA

Leo Tilman, President, L.M.Tilman & Co. Inc.; USA

Wen Yunsong, Chairman, China Satellite Communications Co. Ltd. Chinasat; China

Robert S. Wiesenthal, Chief Operating Officer, Corporate, Warner Music Group; USA

Arts and culture

Lera Auerbach: Composer, pianist, writer

Tomomi Nishimoto: Conductor

Ian Bremmer, Global Research Professor, New York University; USA

Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School; USA

Tomasz Lis, Anchor, Telewizja Polska; Poland

Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Queen of Belgium, Royal Palace of Belgium; Belgium

Jehane Noujaim, Director, Noujaim Films Inc.; USA

Julian Rachlin, Violinist, Violist, Conductor, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador; USA

David Mayer de Rothschild, Chief Executive Officer, MYOO; USA

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; USA

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; USA

Societal

Roberts, Kate, Director and Founder, YouthAIDS and Five & Alive, Vice-President, Population Services International; USA

Marc Kielburger, Co-Founder, Free the Children; Canada

Nancy Lublin, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Old Person, Do Something; USA

Zainab Salbi, Founder, Women for Women International; USA

Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; USA

Rajiv Shah, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development; USA

Intellectuals

Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; USA

Payam Akhavan, Professor of Law, McGill University Faculty of Law; Canada

Brian Behlendorf, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, CollabNet; USA

Angel Cabrera, President, Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management; USA

Hilary Cottam, Founder and Partner, Participle

Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; USA

Sergei Guriev, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Economic and Financial Research; Russia

Ayanna M. Howard, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology; USA

Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Board and Research Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies; Bulgaria

Sedat Laçiner, Director, International Strategic Research Organization (USAK-ISRO); Turkey

Corinna E. Lathan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Anthrotronix Inc.; USA

Martin Nowak, Professor of Mathematics and Biology, Harvard University, Department of Mathematics; USA

Gadi Taub, Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Israel

Keith Schwab, Professor of Physics, Cornell University; USA

Michael Auslin, Resident Scholar, The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; USA

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; USA

Kwame Kilpatrick, Mayor, City of Detroit; USA

Kevin J. Martin, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission; USA

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, Political 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; USA

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; USA

Jorge Volpi, Writer; Mexico

Patrick Chappatte, Editorial Cartoonist, Globe Cartoon; Switzerland

Societal

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; USA

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; USA

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; USA

Darko Horvat, Founder, Chairman and CEO, AKTIVA Holdings; Slovenia

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; USA

Alejandro Santo Domingo, Member of the Board of Directors, Grupo Empresarial Bavaria; Colombia

Jonathan Schwartz, President and Chief Operating Officer, Sun Microsystems; USA

Ihor Shevchenko, Managing Partner, Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners; Ukraine

Suhas Gopinath, CEO & 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; USA

Corinna E. Lathan, Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer, AnthroTronix Inc.; USA

Kevin Martin, Attorney, Patton Boggs LLP; USA

Joshua Cooper Ramo, Vice-Chairman, Kissinger Associates; USA

Suzan Sabancı Dinçer, Chairman and Executive Board Member, Akbank; Turkey

Ruben Vardanian, Adviser to the President and Chairman of the Board, Sberbank; Russia