World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013
Speakers
The Annual meeting of the World Economic forum involves some 3,000 participants representing all sectors of global society, from business and government to civil society, spiritual and media leaders. The people on these pages appear in the public programme, streamed live and archived on the internet.
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Chairman, Bain & Company, USA
BA (Hons) in Psychology, Hebrew University; MBA and Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Since 1977, with Bain & Company, since 1993, Chairman. ...
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President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way Worldwide, USA
MBA, Emory University. 2008, advised White House Health and Human Services Transition Team. With United Way: championed importance of addressing ...
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Columnist, Financial Times, United Kingdom
Educated at Exeter College, Oxford. Global business columnist, Financial Times, New York. Harkness Fellow, Wharton School. Author of All That ...
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President and Chief Executive Officer, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America, Caracas
BSc, MA, Economics, St Louis Univ.; doctoral studies, American Univ. Formerly: Ops Mgr, Banco Industrial; senior positions, IADB, incl. Treasurer; ...
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Founder, Start-up, USA
BSc in Computer Science (major) and Biology (minor), and MSc in Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University; MBA, Harvard Business School. Spent ...
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Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
Began career in personal computer software at age of 13 and started programming; 1973, while undergraduate at Harvard University, developed BASIC ...
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Artist and Director, Arts and Public Life Initiative, The University of Chicago, USA
Has developed an expanded artistic practice that includes space development, object making, performance and critical engagement with many publics. ...
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President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE USA, USA
BA in Psychology, Barnard College; MD, University of Pennsylvania; MPH, Johns Hopkins University. Expert on humanitarian issues, previously ...
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Professor of Historical Geography and History, Fudan University, People's Republic of China
1981, MA, History Dept. and 1983, PhD, Fudan Univ. 1965-78, taught middle school. Since 1981, with Fudan Univ.: 1996-2007, Director, Inst. of ...
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Professor and Director, Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
1982, MSc, Moscow Physical-Technical Institute; 1987, PhD, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russia. Formerly with: Institute for Microelectronics ...
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Secretary-General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Geneva
BA in Politics and Economics, Addis Ababa University; Master's in Economics, Leeds University. 1974-77, General Manager, Franco-Ethiopian Railway ...
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Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, USA
BSc in Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech; MBA and Baker Scholar, Harvard Univ. Formerly: 10 years as senior exec., Honeywell and Litton ...