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Forum of Young Global Leaders

The Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL) is a nominally independent nonprofit organization launched by Klaus Schwab in 2004.[1] It operates in association with the World Economic Forum, and serves as a successor to Henry Kissinger's International Seminar program.[2] It is described as the sister community to the Global Shapers Community.[3]

History

In 1992, Klaus Schwab launched the Global Leaders for Tomorrow program under the auspices of the World Economic Forum.[4][5] This first iteration was shut down after the class of 2003. According to economist Richard Werner, who was selected in 2003, the program was closed down and rebooted as a more controllable group because there started to be too many people asking difficult questions in the forum.[6]

Relaunch

In 2004, the Global Leaders for Tomorrow was relaunched as the Forum of Young Global Leaders with $1 million won through the Dan David Prize.[4:1][7] Klaus' daughter, Nicole Schwab, served as founding director of the new program.[8]

The inaugural summit of the Forum of Young Global Leaders took place from June 24-28, 2005 in Zermatt, Switzerland. Discussions at the summit "led [participants] to consider the probable state of the world in 2020" as part of the 2020 Initiative.[9] Among the primary points of discussion in the 2020 Initiative was “Communicable diseases, outbreaks and pandemics,” with the SARS-CoV-1 outbreak specifically mentioned.[10]

COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant number of world leaders were former members of the Young Global Leaders program. This appears to have contributed to the apparent “lockstep” response to the crisis.[11]

Participants

2005

2007

  • Raju Narisetti[20]

2009[21]

  • Stéphane Bancel

2017[22]

  • Miki Agrawal
  • Shaharzad Akbar
  • Omar Al-Madhi
  • Samar Ali
  • Lois Auta
  • Terry Beech
  • Dan Berelowitz
  • Rwitwika Bhattacharya-Agarwal
  • Aja Brown
  • Sercan Celebi
  • Abdourahmaro Cisse
  • Matthew Corrin
  • Molly Crockett
  • Pavel Durov
  • Rana El Kaliouby
  • Mouhamed Mustapha Fall
  • Nili Gilbert
  • Chido Govera
  • Mona Hammami
  • Brad Henderson
  • Katie Hill
  • Christine Hsu
  • Lydie Hudson
  • Ramzi Jaber
  • Ankur Jain
  • Shira Kaplan
  • Neema Kaseje
  • Adam Kinzinger
  • Jess Lee
  • Naisula Lesuuda
  • Brie Loskota
  • Mmusi Aloysias Maimane
  • Nadeen Matthews
  • Maria Soledad Nuñez Mendez
  • Mike Moradi
  • Maxim Oreshkin
  • Sputniko Ozaki
  • Yuefei Qin
  • Sheila Redzepi
  • Reihan Salam
  • Edward Santow
  • Hindol Sengupta
  • Stav Shaffir
  • Navrina Singh
  • Richard Socher
  • Aarti Takoordeen
  • Graves Tompkins
  • Luhan Yang
  • Farzana Yaqoob
  • Feng Zhang

2019

  • Katherine Maher[23]

2020[24]

  • Mei Mei Hu

2022

Partners

YGL is partnered with the Global Shapers Community, another initiative of the World Economic Forum.[26]

  1. Martinet, S. (2011, March 9). Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore Earns World Economic Forum’s Leadership Award. Mashable. http://archive.today/2022.01.25-185813/https://mashable.com/archive/pete-cashmore-young-global-leader-2 ↩︎

  2. Vedmore, J. (2022, August 30). The Kissinger Continuum: The Unauthorized History of the WEF’s Young Global Leaders Program. Based Underground. https://web.archive.org/web/20221103021506/https://basedunderground.com/2022/08/29/the-kissinger-continuum-the-unauthorized-history-of-the-wefs-young-global-leaders-program/ ↩︎

  3. Schwab, K., & Hamza, W. A. (2021). Global Shapers Community Annual Report 2020–2021. Box; World Economic Forum. https://weforum.ent.box.com/v/gsc-annual-report-20-21 ↩︎

  4. A Partner in Shaping History. (2010). World Economic Forum. https://web.archive.org/web/20230821064210/https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_First40Years_Book_2010.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. ISRAEL21c Staff. (2015, September 14). Israeli joins Bill Gates and Tony Blair as one of 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow. ISRAEL21c. https://web.archive.org/web/20150914181822/http://www.israel21c.org/israeli-joins-bill-gates-and-tony-blair-as-one-of-100-global-leaders-for-tomorrow/ ↩︎

  6. The Last American Vagabond. (2021, August). Richard Werner Interview - Covid Measures and the Central Controls over the Economy. Super U. https://web.archive.org/web/20220628054118/https://superu.net/video/926eb21f-fa07-4f56-bb47-dd9d0f5f197e/ ↩︎

  7. Nadis, S. (2009). Next–Generation Leadership. Harvard Kennedy School. https://web.archive.org/web/20090907022046/https://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/publications/harvard-kennedy-school-magazine/archives/summer-2009/next-generation-leadership ↩︎

  8. Nicole Schwab - Agenda Contributor. World Economic Forum. Retrieved August 1, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.01-114204/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/nicole-schwab ↩︎

  9. Annual Meeting News: Young Global Leaders at the Annual Meeting 2005. The Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved October 30, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051030125249/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/htdocs/files/Annual Meeting Wrapup_Light.pdf ↩︎

  10. Health in 2020. The Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from http://archive.today/2005.10.29-192713/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/page8087.html ↩︎

  11. Hidden Alliance of former WEF Young Global Leaders working in Lockstep to enforce the Great Reset include Macron, Trudeau, Ardern, & Boris Johnson. (2022, January 27). The Exposé. https://web.archive.org/web/20220201015353/https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/01/27/great-reset-wef-young-global-leaders-trudeau-macron-ardern-boris/ ↩︎

  12. Profiles - B. Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051029205517/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/modules/Profiles/page11251.html ↩︎ ↩︎

  13. Profiles - F. The Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from http://archive.today/2005.10.29-205708/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/modules/Profiles/page11255.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  14. Profiles - M. Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051029210047/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/modules/Profiles/page11262.html ↩︎ ↩︎

  15. Profiles - N. The Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051029210132/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/modules/Profiles/page11263.html ↩︎

  16. Profiles - P. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051029210229/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/modules/Profiles/page11265.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  17. Profiles - R. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051029210314/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/modules/Profiles/page11267.html ↩︎

  18. Profiles - S. Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051029210347/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/modules/Profiles/page11268.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  19. Profiles - W. Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051029210542/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/modules/Profiles/page11272.html ↩︎

  20. Raju Narisetti. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved August 27, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240827231937/https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/raju-narisetti/ ↩︎

  21. The Forum of Young Global Leaders. World Economic Forum. Retrieved March 21, 2015, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150321025443if_/http://www.weforum.org/community/forum-young-global-leaders ↩︎

  22. Young Global Leaders Class of 2017. World Economic Forum. Retrieved June 29, 2017, from https://web.archive.org/web/20170629170213/http://widgets.weforum.org/ygl-2017/ ↩︎

  23. Levin, M. (2019, March 12). Meet the 2019 Class of Young Global Leaders. World Economic Forum. https://web.archive.org/web/20240901200856/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/03/connecting-the-most-outstanding-young-leaders/ ↩︎

  24. Levin, M. (2020, March 11). Meet the young leaders set to shape 2020. World Economic Forum. http://archive.today/2023.02.28-125649/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/ygl-wef-young-global-leaders/ ↩︎

  25. Alaa Murabit - Agenda Contributor. World Economic Forum. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://www.weforum.org/stories/authors/alaa-murabit/ ↩︎

  26. Building collaborations. Global Shapers. Retrieved December 3, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231203225123/https://www.globalshapers.org/partnerships/ ↩︎