WEF/Young Global Leaders/2020
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These are most of the 114 YGLs that make up the class of 2020[1]. The WEF does not always publish all the candidates.
Examples
- Megan Rapinoe - As co-captain of the US women's soccer team, Rapinow lifted the 2019 FIFA World Cup. Off the field, she advocates for gender equality, including equal pay in her sport, and speaks out on diversity and inclusion.
- Jesús Cepeda - Chief Executive Officer of OneSmart City, a company that uses blockchain and artificial intelligence to help city authorities provide digital services.
- Jack Conte is an American businessman and founder of Patreon, which has been busy blocking funds to independent media for many years.
- Larry Madowo - The BBC Africa Business Editor launched of six new business TV shows for African audiences in English, French and Swahili. Madowo is also an on-air correspondent on BBC radio and television and has reported from more than 40 countries.
- Sanna Marin - Marin held her first political post at the age of 27. Despite a total lack of experience, she was Finland's Prime Minister during the COVID-19 deep event.
- Annalena Baerbock is a German politician serving as the co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens. Favorite by the commercially-controlled media for Chancellor of Germany.
- Alicia Garza - A o-founder of Black Lives Matter, Garza is a US civil rights activist and editorial writer influential on issues of health, student rights, rights for domestic workers, and campaigns against police brutality, racism, and violence against gender non-conforming people of colour.
- Kristo Kaarmann - Co-founder and CEO of TransferWise, a peer-to-peer money transfer business which aims to allow people to access the real mid-market exchange rate by cutting out traditional banking fees.
- Akiko Naka - Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wantedly, a social networking service for professionals, Akiko was the youngest female founder ever to take a company public in Japan.
- Yetnebersh Nigussie - An Ethiopian human rights lawyer who pushes for women’s and girls’ rights and inclusive education.
- Gaurav Gupta - Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Zomato, an Indian restaurant aggregator and food delivery start-up. He launched the table reservation business and scaled it up across India, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.
- Henry Motte-Muñoz - Founder and CEO of Edukasyon.ph, which says it is the largest youth platform in the Philippines, empowering more than 10 million student visitors each year to find their path from education to career.
Known members
8 of the 115 of the members already have pages here:
Member | Description |
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Gabriel Attal | A "rising star" of French politics who attended the 2023 Bilderberg meeting, before being put in charge of the French education system. |
Annalena Baerbock | "A perfect product of transatlantic leader selection." |
Jack Conte | Patreon funder, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader 2020. Started evicting independent media from platform in 2020. |
Kate Gallego | Mayor of Phoenix. WEF Young Global Leader 2020. As part of Covid propaganda, claimed city morgues were overflowing, when they were not. |
Alicia Garza | Professional activist and one of the founders of Black Lives Matter. |
Karina Gould | Young minister with the spooky job of stopping "online meddling and the spread of disinformation", then International Development. World Economic Forum Young Global Leader 2020. |
Niki Kerameus | up-and-coming Greek politician |
Sanna Marin | World Economic Young Leader and Finland's youngest-ever prime minister. |
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