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, Sealed Air Corp., USA
Degree in Engineering, US Naval Academy; MBA, Harvard Business School. Accounting and consulting positions, Arthur Young & Company; financial ...
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Co-Founder and Chairman, Hirco Group, India
Postgraduate degree, Mumbai Univ. Chartered Accountant. Entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist in real estate and technology. Formerly with: ...
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Director, European University Institute, Italy
Graduate, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; PhD in Economics, University of Michigan. Experience in the Middle East and North Africa. 1988-93, with ...
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Population Services International (PSI), USA
Graduate, Georgetown University and National Defense University. Formerly: 23 years as career American diplomat; US Ambassador to the Republic of ...
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Chairman and Founder, Home Instead Senior Care, USA
1985, BSc, University of Nebraska. Over 20 years' experience in franchising. 1994, Founder, Home Instead Senior Care; 1998 and 2005, established ...
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Anchor of Power Lunch , CNBC Africa, South Africa
Media entrepreneur, broadcaster and writer. 1997-2012, Founder and CEO, Moneyweb Holdings. Owner, Aurelius Media, a new media start-up.
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US Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs
1965, BA and 1969, PhD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; 1969-76, Senior Staff Member, National Security Council; 1976-79, ...
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Chief Executive Officer, Dropbox, USA
Studies in Computer Science, MIT. Took a leave from school to form Accolade, an online SAT prep start-up. Worked as a software engineer, Bit9. ...
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Royal Philips, Netherlands
Master's in Economics and Business Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Since 1986, with Royal Philips Electronics: 2002, Co-Chief Executive ...
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Editor-in-Chief, Caixin Media, People's Republic of China
1982, BA in Journalism, People's University of China; 1987, World Press Institute Fellowship, US; 1994-95, Knight Fellowship, Stanford University; ...
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Chief Executive Officer, Aid in Action, Norway
Studies in Medicine, Norway. Social Entrepreneur, helping people in Kenya to get out of poverty; combines business and aid. Founder of several ...
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President and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Media Group, USA
MA in Economics, Cambridge University. Nationally syndicated columnist and author; frequent broadcaster and commentator. Member, several boards, ...