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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Founder, The Net Party, Argentina
Entrepreneur and author. Formerly: created The Whuffie Bank, a non-profit to rethink the future of money; was part of a pioneering generation ...
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Founder and Director, Sathirakoses-Nagapradeepa Foundation, Thailand
1958, BA, St. David's Univ. College, Wales; 1961, Barrister-at-Law, The Middle Temple, London; 1978, Postdoctoral Grant, Social Science Research ...
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Founding Partner, Skibsted Ideation, Denmark
1994, graduate, ESEC Film School, Paris; 1998, degree in Philosophy, Copenhagen University; 2000, degree in Project Management, University of ...
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters, USA
Formerly: journalist; positions in editorial and general mgmt. 1987-2001, with Thomson Newspaper Group, incl. Head, Operations, US; 2001-08, with ...
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Co-Chief Executive Officer, SAP, Germany
Master's in Operational Research, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark. 1994-96, Practice Leader, IBM Denmark. With SAP: 1990, Consultant, Denmark; ...
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President, ESADEgeo - Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, Spain
President, ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, Barcelona-Madrid. Distinguished Fellow in Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution. ...
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Deputy Prime Minister of Laos
1961, joined the People's Revolutionary Movement; 1961-64, Combatant in Northern Laos; 1964-75, Officer, Cabinet of the Lao People's Revolutionary ...
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Novo Nordisk, Denmark
1981, MSc in Forestry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen (formerly the Royal Danish Veterinary & Agricultural University); 1983, BSc ...
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Chairman, Soros Fund Management, USA
1952, graduate, London School of Economics. Founder: 1979, Open Society Fund; 1984, Soros Foundation, Hungary; 1987, Soros Foundation, Soviet ...
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Chief Executive Officer, WPP, United Kingdom
Graduate, Econ., Cambridge; MBA, Harvard. Former: VP, Mark McCormack; Director, James Gulliver Associates; Group Finance Director, Saatchi & ...
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Director, Art Basel, Switzerland
Fifteen years as a Cultural, Political and Business Journalist, Spiegler. 2007, appointed Co-Director, Art Basel, which runs the world's premier ...
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Founder and Managing Partner, Crescendo Ventures, USA
Graduate, University of Minnesota. Over 17 years' experience in venture capital industry, backed 50 technology companies with 16 IPOs and 12 trade ...