WEF/Young Global Leaders/2025

WEF/Young Global Leaders/2025 (WEF/Young Global Leaders)
Abbreviation	YGL/2025
Membership	•  Tuka Alhanai •  Julia Binder •  Emma Camp •  Cesar de la Fuente •  Chris Greening •  Yifan Hou •  Carlos Emilio Larreategui •  Fozia Parveen •  Diego Ontaneda •  Chiara Spina •  Bing Chen •  Ayunda Faza Maudya •  Nomzamo Mbatha •  Ami Kusano •  Aida Murad •  Delvin Savara •  Angelle Siyang-Le •  Benjamin Von Wong •  Ritesh Agarwal •  Khaled Alfalah •  Alok Medikepura Anil •  Meera Sultan Alsuwaidi •  Basima Abdulrahman •  Camiel Irving •  Walid Abdulrazzag D. Bindawood •  Jiao Bian •  Theodore Bunzel •  Yi Xin Chang •  Cheryl Cui •  Darren Cromwell •  Eleonore Crespo •  Victoria Din •  Kieran Gregory Charles Donovan •  Mark Doumba •  Orchlon Enkhtsetseg •  Maya Horgan Famodu •  Joelle Gamble •  Katherine Gao Haichun •  Chenhao Ge •  Altagracia Gomez Sierra •  Wang Guan •  Jil Hellmann Regouby •  Birgit Heraeus-Roggendorf •  Ham Serunjogi •  Hilda Kabushenga •  Kelvin Kim •  Jaroslaw Krolewski •  Mayowa Kuyoro •  Steven Lam •  Andrés Lawson •  Kan Lin •  Terashni Pillay •  Haruka Mera •  Andrea Iyamah Nehikhare •  Asma Omer •  Dimple Patel •  Clément Ray •  Gabriela Rodrigues •  Takashi Sano •  CNatarajan Sankar •  Onsi Sawiris •  Anne Catherine Tchokonte •  Shiquan Wang •  Kara Succoso Mangone •  Felipe Vallejo Dabdoub •  Henrique Vasconcelos Dubugras •  Yen Vu •  Assel Zhanassova •  Suzanne Barakat •  Sixto Cancel •  Shomy Hasan Chowdhury •  Ann Adeline Dumaliang •  Isabella Luksic •  Nipun Malhotra •  Ayesha Nurain Janah •  Kelley RobinsonAkira Sakano •  Danxi Shen •  Vittoria Zanuso •  Omar Aljeraisy •  James Longman •  Sana Mir •  Manasi Subramaniam •  Cheng Yanliang •  Reem Alabali-Radovan •  Shamma Al Mazrui •  Li Andersson •  Max Andonirina Fontaine •  Ruben Brekelmans •  Sunita Dangol •  Siviwe Gwarube •  Simon Harris •  Erkki Keldo •  Domna Michailidou •  Haja Bah •  Timcho Mucunski •  Antonia Orellana Guarello •  Paetongtarn Shinawatra •  Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu •  Milojko Spajic •  Khelsilem T •  Emma Theofelus •  Santiago Wills •  Mohamed Aburawi •  Julie Chapon •  Mark Dalio •  Khadija Elbedweihy •  Himanshu Gupta •  Sabrina Habib •  Arezo Kohistany •  Anurag Maloo •  Orondaam Otto •  Doone Roisin •  Amornthep Sachamuneewongse •  Ashley Tan •  Jairo Trad
WEF's Young Global Leaders for 2025 "The future of leadership is here".

The World Economic Forum's selection of Young Global Leaders, Class of 2025.

2025 Cadre

Academia

• Tuka Alhanai, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Julia Binder, Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation; Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business, IMD Business School, Switzerland
• Emma Camp, Future Reefs Team Leader, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Cesar de la Fuente, Presidential Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
• Chris Greening, Director, Global Change Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Australia
• Yifan Hou, Lecturer, Peking University, People's Republic of China
• Carlos Emilio Larreategui, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, Universidad de las Americas, Ecuador
• Fozia Parveen, Assistant Professor, Aga Khan University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Aga Khan University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Pakistan
• Diego Ontaneda, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA), Brazil
• Chiara Spina, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, INSEAD, United Arab Emirates

Arts, culture and sport

• Bing Chen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gold House, USA
• Ayunda Faza Maudya, Founder, Singer-Songwriter and Actress, Independent, Indonesia
• Nomzamo Mbatha, Actress, Producer, and Humanitarian, South Africa
• Emi Kusano, Multidisciplinary Artist; Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Fictionera, Japan
• Aida Murad, Impact Artist, Aida Creatives, Saudi Arabia
• Delvin Savara, Sauti Sol, Sol generation, Savage Kitchen, Sawa program, Hustle sasa, Kenya
• Angelle Siyang-Le, Director, Art Basel Hong Kong, MCH Group, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Benjamin Von Wong, Artist, Von Wong, USA

Business

• Ritesh Agarwal, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, OYO Hotels and Homes, India, which "pledged to offer free accommodation to frontline healthcare workers during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis"
• Khaled Alfalah, Chairman, MENA Capital, Kuwait
• Alok Medikepura Anil, Managing Director, Next Big Innovation Labs, India
• Meera Sultan Alsuwaidi, Head of Sovereign Partnerships, Mubadala Investment Company, United Arab Emirates
• Basima Abdulrahman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at KESK Company, KESK, Iraq
• Camiel Irving, Vice President, Operations, Uber Technologies Inc., USA
• Walid Abdulrazzag D. Bindawood, Chief Commercial Officer, Bindawood Holding, Saudi Arabia
• Jiao Bian, Chief Executive Officer, Puxiang Healthcare Group, People's Republic of China
• Theodore Bunzel, Managing Director and Head of Geopolitical Advisory, Lazard, USA
• Yi Xin Chang, Head of Southeast Asia Client Coverage, APAC Head of Consultant Relations, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore
• Cheryl Cui, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bota Biosciences, People's Republic of China
• Darren Cromwell, Managing Director, Marsh and Mercer Industry Practices Leader US and Canada, Marsh McLennan, USA
• Eleonore Crespo, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pigment, France
• Victoria Din, Senior Vice-President, US Public Sector, Mastercard, Inc., US
• Kieran Gregory Charles Donovan, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, k-ID (Kidentify Corp), Singapore
• Mark Doumba, Founder and Managing Partner, Ministry of Economy and State Holdings, Gabon
• Orchlon Enkhtsetseg, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, URECA PTE Ltd, Mongolia
• Maya Horgan Famodu, Founder, Ingressive Capital, USA
• Joelle Gamble, Chief Economist, General Motors, USA
• Katherine Gao Haichun, Co-Chair, Trina Solar Co., People's Republic of China
• Chenhao Ge, Head of China, New York Stock Exchange, People's Republic of China
• Altagracia Gomez Sierra, Chair of the Board, Grupo Minsa, Mexico
• Wang Guan, Founder and Chairman, Learnable.ai, People's Republic of China
• Jil Hellmann Regouby, Shareholder and Member of the Supervisory Board, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Germany
• Birgit Heraeus-Roggendorf, Member Executive Board and Shareholder Council, Heraeus Holding, Germany
• Ham Serunjogi, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Chipper Cash, USA
• Hilda Kabushenga, Chief Executive Officer, The African Talent Company, Kenya
• Kelvin Kim, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Korea Credit Data, Republic of Korea
• Jaroslaw Krolewski, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Synerise, Poland
• Mayowa Kuyoro, Partner and Head of Africa Financial Services Group and EEMA Fintech and Payments Practice Leader, McKinsey and Company, Nigeria
• Steven Lam, Chief Executive Officer, GoGoX Holdings Limited, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Andrés Lawson, Chief Executive Officer, Osana, Argentina
• Kan Lin, Senior Vice-President of Innovation and Global Investment, Thailand Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand
• Terashni Pillay, Chief Executive Officer, Swiss RE Corporate Solutions Africa, Swiss RE Corporate Solutions, South Africa
• Haruka Mera, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, READYFOR, Japan
• Andrea Iyamah Nehikhare, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Andrea Iyamah, Nigeria
• Asma Omer, Co-Founder, Marham, Pakistan
• Dimple Patel, Chief Executive Officer, NatureMetrics, United Kingdom
• Clément Ray, Chief Executive Officer, Innovafeed, France
• Gabriela Rodrigues, Managing Director at UBS - Head of LatAm Global Lending Unit, Global Wealth Management, UBS AG, Brazil
• Takashi Sano, Chief Investment Officer, MUFG Innovation Partners, Japan
• Natarajan Sankar, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group, India
• Onsi Sawiris, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, HOF Capital, Egypt
• Anne Catherine Tchokonte, Managing Director of Airtel Madagascar, Cameroon
• Shiquan Wang, Chief Executive Officer, Flexiv, People's Republic of China
• Kara Succoso Mangone, Head of the Sustainable Finance Group, Goldman Sachs Group, USA
• Felipe Vallejo Dabdoub, Mexico Chief Executive Officer & Global Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Bitso, Mexico
• Henrique Vasconcelos Dubugras, Co-Founder and Chairman, Brex, USA
• Yen Vu, Chief Executive Officer, Be Group Company, Viet Nam
• Assel Zhanassova, Chief Executive Officer, Kazpost JSC, Kazakhstan

Civil society

• Suzanne Barakat, Founder and Board Chair, Our Three Winners Foundation, USA
• Sixto Cancel, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Think of Us, USA
• Shomy Hasan Chowdhury, Co-Founder, Awareness 360, United Kingdom
• Ann Adeline Dumaliang, Co-Founder, Masungi Georeserve, Philippines
• Isabella Luksic, Chief Executive Officer, Fundación Andrónico Luksic A. (Luksic Foundation), Chile
• Nipun Malhotra, Founder, Nipman Foundation, India
• Ayesha Nurain Janah, Founder and Chair, Kandufa Foundation, Maldives
• Kelley Robinson, President, Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, USA
• Akira Sakano, Founder and Representative Director, Zero Waste Japan, Japan
• Danxi Shen, Secretary-General (CEO), Beijing Sany Charitable Foundation, People's Republic of China
• Vittoria Zanuso, Executive Director, Mayors Migration Council,USA

Media

• Omar Aljeraisy, Founder and General Manager, Meeem, Saudi Arabia
• James Longman, Chief International Correspondent, ABC News, United Kingdom
• Sana Mir, Sports Analyst and Commentator, Pakistan Television, Pakistan
• Manasi Subramaniam, Editor-in-Chief and Vice-President, Penguin Random House, India
• Cheng Yanliang, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, JustPod, People's Republic of China

Government

• Reem Alabali-Radovan, Member of Parliament, Germany
• Shamma Al Mazrui, Minister of Community Empowerment of the United Arab Emirates
• Li Andersson, Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament, Finland
• Max Andonirina Fontaine, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar
• Ruben Brekelmans, Minister of Defence of the Netherlands
• Sunita Dangol, Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal
• Siviwe Gwarube, Minister of Basic Education of South Africa
• Simon Harris, Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence of Ireland
• Erkki Keldo, Minister of Economy and Industry of Estonia
• Domna Michailidou, Member of Parliament, Greece
• Haja Bah, Minister of Communication, Technology, and Innovation of Sierra Leone
• Timcho Mucunski, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia
• Antonia Orellana Guarello, Minister of Women and Gender Equality of Chile
• Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand
• Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation of India
• Milojko Spajic, Prime Minister of Montenegro
• Khelsilem T, Council Chairperson, Squamish Nation, Canada
• Emma Theofelus, Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Namibia
• Santiago Wills, Director of the General Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division, World Trade Organization, Geneva

Social Entrepreneurship

• Mohamed Aburawi, Founder, Speetar, Libya
• Julie Chapon, Co-Founder, Yuka, France
• Mark Dalio, Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, OceanX, USA
• Khadija Elbedweihy, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PraxiLabs Egypt, Egypt
• Himanshu Gupta, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ClimateAI, USA
• Sabrina Habib, Co-Founder and Chief Exploration Officer, Kidogo, Portugal
• Arezo Kohistany, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Private Sector Humanitarian Alliance, USA
• Anurag Maloo, Mountaineer, Entrepreneur & Keynote Speaker, Orophile Ventures (Climbing4SDGs), India
• Orondaam Otto, Founder and Executive Director, Slum2School Africa, Nigeria
• Doone Roisin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Female Startup Club, Australia
• Amornthep Sachamuneewongse, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sati App, Thailand
• Ashley Tan, Global Head of Sustainability and Social Impact, Amazon Web Services, Singapore
• Jairo Trad, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Kilimo Inc., Argentina

 

Known members

6 of the 115 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
Basima Abdulrahman	WEF YGL 2025 Iraqi engineer businessman
Ritesh Agarwal	A Thiel Fellow 2013 who attended the 2022 WEF AGM, promoting COVID fear in March 2020
Reem Alabali-Radovan	WEF YGL German politician
Li Andersson	Finnish politician, YGL 2025
Ruben Brekelmans	WEF YGL Dutch politician; Harvard Kennedy School
Altagracia Gómez Sierra	lawyer, businesswoman, WEF YGL 2025

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