WEF YGL Brochure 2011

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The Forum ofYoung Global Leadersis the voice of anoptimistic future,an energetic catalyst

for change


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2 |The Forum o Young Global Leaders

Lets ace it: the world is more complex,interrelated and interdependent than ever. Thechallenges aced by the next generation o leadersare more daunting and intractable than everand cannot be mastered with the current set ostrategies, institutions, standards and attitudes.

To address these challenges in a meaninguland sustainable way requires resh thinking,multistakeholder engagement and dynamicnew ways o collaborating to develop innovativesolutions that are truly global. Recognizing thisneed, I created in 2004 the oremost platorm oryoung leaders to engage in global aairs to shapea more positive, peaceul and prosperous society.

The Forum o Young Global Leaders is aunique community ormed by the mostexceptional leaders rom every region othe world and every stakeholder in society.

These Young Global Leaders (YGLs) havecommitted their energy and knowledge tothe most critical issues acing humankind.

Already successul and accomplished in

their own felds, they join and co-create acommunity o insight and action that is trulycommitted to improving the state o theworld. The Forum o Young Global Leadersis the voice o an optimistic uture and anenergetic catalyst or positive change.

As you will see rom the stories collectedhere, being part o the YGL Communityis also a transormational experience.

YGLs engage with leaders outside their community,

serving as sounding boards and advisers tointernational organizations, governments andprivate institutions. They initiate new dialogues andplatorms or action to address global challengessuch as climate change, disease prevention,improving education and eradicating poverty.

They develop authentic relationships with globalpeers ar outside their traditional proessionalnetworks, giving them unique perspectives intoworld aairs and resulting in personal riendshipsthat allow them to empower positive change.

In short, the YGL Community helps its membersmake the transition rom success to signifcanceand strives to move rom a collection osuccessul individuals to a community o collectiveimpact. YGLs hold each other accountableto a higher standard o global leadershipin their proessional and personal lives.

The legitimacy o the community stems romits integrity and impact. YGLs are nominatedand selected through a rigorous processto create a truly diverse and representativebody, while accepting only the very bestleaders who have already demonstrated theircommitment to serving society at large.

Whether you are a young leader who has beenhonoured, a member o the World EconomicForum global community or the media, or aglobal citizen, we invite you to help us osterthe next generation o world leaders.

We integrate Young Global

Leaders into processes that allow

them to have a real impact on

global affairs and to make sure

that global decision-making

preserves the interests of the next

generation.

Professor Klaus Schwab

Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum;Founder, The Forum o Young Global Leaders

Foreword


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The Forum o Young Global Leaders | 3

The World Economic Forum is anindependent international organizationcommitted to improving the stateo the world by engaging business,political, academic and otherleaders o society to shape global,

regional and industry agendas.Incorporated as a not-or-protoundation in 1971 and headquarteredin Geneva, Switzerland, theForum is tied to no political,partisan or national interests.

Who are we?The Forum o Young Global Leaders is a dynamic,diverse, global community o the worlds mostoutstanding, next-generation leaders, whocommit a portion o their time to jointly share abetter uture and thereby improve the state othe world. Young Global Leaders represent theuture o leadership, coming rom all regions o theworld and representing business, government,civil society, arts and culture, academia and

media, as well as social entrepreneurs.

Set up as an independent, not-or-protoundation under the supervision o the Swissgovernment, The Forum o Young Global Leadersworks as an integral part o the World EconomicForum platorm to engage young leadersinto deep interaction with other stakeholderso global society. YGLs are ully involved invirtually all meetings, research and initiativeso the World Economic Forum, representingthe views and interests o their generation.

Young Global Leaders have a powerul role indetermining the activities o the YGL Community,which is governed by a Foundation Board orespected leaders rom business, politics andinternational organizations and managed by adynamic team o young proessionals in Geneva.

Sketch by Patrick Chappatte (YGL) - Editorial Cartoonist, Globe Cartoon


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How do we work?The Forum o Young Global Leaders is buildinga next-generation leadership community thatis mission-led and principle-driven, while beinginclusive but merit-based. Built on the pillars othe World Economic Forum, its objectives are to:

Convene a diverse global community of

peers by bringing together Young GlobalLeaders at summits, regional events, leadership

development programmes and community-organized gatherings around the world; YGLs areencouraged to learn rom each other and witheach other, in a search or orward-looking andinnovative solutions to present-day problems

Catalyse the next generation of leadersthrough personal experiences that enable

YGLs to build knowledge and engender abetter understanding o global challenges andtrends, risks and opportunities, as well as tourther enhance their unique role as leaders

within their organizations and the broadercommunity; insights come rom dedicatededucational modules (such as the Leadershipand Public Policy or the 21st Centurymodule at the Harvard Kennedy School oGovernment), inormal, interactive, o-the-record sessions with high-prole world leadersand peer-to-peer coaching opportunities

Positively impact the global agenda byengaging the YGL Community in initiativesand task orces related to global challenges

that they identiy collectively; YGLs bring theirdiverse skill-set to tackle a range o issuesusing their expertise, knowledge and networksto make a sound contribution to the world; inthat sense, the YGL Community is a distinctivebalance o rights and responsibilities

Young Global Leaders are actively engaged inthe community, integrating into events organizedby the World Economic Forum, organizingevents o their own as well as launching andleading a number o innovative initiatives and

impactul task orces. See www.redesignourworld.org or the latest list o YGL initiatives.

Who can join the

YGL Community?The Forum o Young Global Leaders is not amembership club that anyone can join. TheForum has established a comprehensiveselection process or identiying and selectingthe most exceptional leaders 40 years o age oryounger. Every year, thousands o candidatesrom around the world are proposed througha qualied nomination process and assessedaccording to rigorous selection criteria.

Only the best candidates are selected and alleorts are extended to create a truly representativebody. The short-listed candidates are evaluatedby Heidrick & Struggles, recognized as one o theworlds leading executive search and leadershipdevelopment rms. As a nal step in the selectionprocess, the candidates are screened by aselection committee made up o esteemed leaders.


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A Young Global Leader is nominated and

selected based on the following criteria:

Is 40 years o age or younger atthe time o nomination

Has a recognized record o extraordinaryachievement, a proven track record osubstantial leadership experience as wellas a clear indication o playing a substantialleadership role or the rest o his or her career

Has demonstrated a commitment to servesociety at large through exceptional contributions

Has an impeccable record in the public eyeand good standing in his or her community,as well as showing great sel-awareness, a

desire or learning and a global perspective

This process yields 100 to 200 extraordinaryindividuals each year who are then honoured withthe title Young Global Leader. To benet ullyrom the YGL Community, honourees are invitedto become active members o The Forum o

Young Global Leaders and sign the YGL Chartero rights and responsibilities, committing their timeto the mission o the organization or a periodo ve (5) years. The YGL Community currentlycounts more than 650 active members in every

region o the world and stakeholder in society.

Where canI learn more?

This brochure introduces you to some o theamazing Young Global Leaders who are part othe YGL Community and whose collective action,bilateral partnerships or individual achievements

inspire and empower others. For more stories,proles and news about the YGL Community,please visit www.younggloballeaders.org .


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When we rst met in Zermatt in 2005,we were a group o over-achievers rom

a variety o areas and interests, with dierentlives and priorities. We were not sure what wecould or should accomplish as a group, or howto shape a collective uture. But through variousintensive activities and conversations, we evolvedinto a sort o open tribe, with a shared ethos andcommon value system. We realized we couldhave a real impact on peoples lives while inspiringeach other to become better persons. Thisopened a whole new space or collaboration.

Since then, the Young Global Leaders havebecome an integral part o my lie. As aMember o Parliament in Singapore, I activelydraw on YGL narratives in areas ranging romclimate change to social equity as input toparliamentary debates and constituency work.

One such example is help in developing myconstituency, Punggol 21, into the rst eco-riendlysatellite town eaturing rain harvesting, solar gridsand broad, disability-riendly walkways as wellas bottom-up social interaction and communitybuilding. Punggol 21 has now become a showcaseor urban housing projects across the world.

The YGL Community also gave me enormouspsychological support to put my heart andmind into starting the non-prot, impartial SocialInnovation Park, which is a movement to educateand empower decision-makers worldwide tocreate high-impact, sustainable solutions tosocial concerns. It is now in eight countries andrefects the YGL ethos by being an exchange

or ideas and innovations or building a better,more inclusive and sustainable world.

Some o us have been lucky enough to be born ina place and at a time that gave us the opportunityto educate ourselves, develop our character andull our dreams. But despite these gits bestowedupon us, we also need to make consciouschoices and it is these choices that make all thedierence in our lives and in the lives o others.

No matter what it is we have been endowedwith, the question is what we do with these

gits that is what can dene or destroyus as a person and as a civilization.

Through various intense

activities and conversations, we

evolved into a sort

of open tribe with

a shared ethos and

common value system.

Penny LowMember o Parliament

Singapore


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Ive always been interested in nding new

ways to look at and tackle problems, andthis is one o the cornerstones o YGL thinking.My organization, Architecture or Humanity, isone o the ew organizations that are on theintersection between international developmentand the advancement o architecture. We developand build adaptive architectural solutions in areaso great need, including communities aected bynatural disaster or confict. And by advocatingopen-sourced innovation, we share our ideasand allow other groups to learn not just romour successes but also rom our mistakes.

Were currently working in 18 countries, buthistorically weve ocused on three main regions:

Arica, Latin America and South-East Asia, so Itry to attend the meetings in these areas. YGLevents are not your standard humdrum aairswhere you sit behind a desk being lectured to.

They are action oriented. You can sit on theperiphery and listen and make riends thereare a lot o deep riendships that are madeduring YGL meetings but you can also take upan issue i you eel passionately about it. Most

importantly, youll nd like-minded people whollhelp you take action not just talk about it.

One o the best examples is the work the YGLsdid in Haiti ater the tragic 2010 earthquake.Days ater the disaster, we met in Davos. Wewere sitting at the World Economic Forumtrying to develop a long-term strategic plan.

There were a number o YGLs who had beenworking in Haiti already, and we decided to shareresources and collaborate where it was needed.

Rather than just pour in aid to be directedby oreign entities, we wanted to empowerHaitian proessionals in the rebuilding eort.We set out to put the Haitians at the heart othe long-term reconstruction eorts by openinga centre staed with Haitian and internationalconstruction proessionals working together onschools, clinics and housing. With the support

o the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, were training600 Haitian proessionals and supporting over5,000 construction jobs. Eventually, the centrewill transer to the local community our successis our ability to design our own obsolescence.

At the end o that rst meeting about Haiti, theYGLs committed US$ 30 million o relie work and we were only a small group. Lots o peopletalked about the pledges that were received inthe days ater the earthquake, but they were

just pledges, it wasnt real money. We sat down

with oundations and government entities andsaid, Were not just a bunch o olks who careabout Haiti, weve got US$ 30 million at stakeand we want to make something happen.

Ive always been interested in

inding new ways to look

at problems, and this is one of the

cornerstones of

YGL thinking.

Cameron SinclairCo-Founder and Executive Director

Architecture or Humanity


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I it were not or the Young GlobalLeaders Community, Luis Plata and

I would not have ormed the relationship thatenabled us to develop and eventually ratiy theCanada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

My riendship with Luis was born well beorethe agreement was signed. Our rst encountergoes back to 2005, ollowed by urther YGLmeetings at various World Economic Forumevents. Our riendship deepened over a two-year period, when I was Shadow Ministero International Trade in Canada and Luiswas Minister o Trade or Colombia.

The FTA negotiations started in 2002 under ourLiberal Prime Minister Jean Chrtien and thenpresident-elect Alvaro Uribe. However, as timewent on, it appeared doomed in the CanadianParliament. We started discussions in early2009 to try to turn things around. I proposed anamendment in the orm o a Human Rights Treatythat would require annual reporting on the impactthat the FTA has on human rights in both countries.We then had a very important meeting in Davoswhere the idea was presented to President Uribe.He was totally open to it. He basically turned toLuis and said: Go ahead and get this done.

The deal remained very unpopular in Canada.The unions were against it, the Socialists wereagainst it, there was even a coalition against theHuman Rights Treaty. It would have been easyto take the politically expedient route and walkaway. It took a great leap o aith or Luis andor me to get this agreement ratied. Neither ous would have been able to do it without havingtotal trust in each other trust born out o ourcommon involvement in the YGL Community.

My riendship with Luis helped open my eyes toColombia to take a risk and do what I think isright. I believe we have established a relationshipbetween Canada and Colombia that goesbeyond dollars and cents a true partnership.

There has never been a human rights treatybetween two countries tied to a ree tradeagreement. As we move on, I suspect humanrights treaties will become a regular part osuch agreements and all this started with theriendship and trust between two people.

The connections that you build through the YGL

Community can lead to remarkable innovationand progress. It is just a matter o nding theright time and the right opportunity you neverknow when you might meet somebody who isdoing something interesting in another country.

The connections that you build

through the YGL community can

lead to remarkable innovationand progress.

Scott BrisonMember o ParliamentCanada


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The rst time I saw the ace o povertyrst-hand was during a visit to the

slums o Quito ater I graduated rom HarvardBusiness School while working or ACCION,a global micronance pioneer. We went to thehome o a very poor woman. Her shack hada dirt foor, the walls were alling apart, herchildren didnt have clothes and they didntattend school. Most strikingly, poverty had madethe hunchbacked woman wretched, and herappearance showed almost no trace o dignity.

She received a US$ 50 loan and I went backevery ew weeks to check on her progress. Soon,she had started a little shop. Ater a ew weeks,she had the foor cemented, the roo xed andthe walls insulated. Beore long, people rom theentire neighbourhood were coming to her houseto buy necessities. Her kids wore clothes andwent to school, and the woman walked uprightand her eyes exuded a new-ound condence she was now the denition o dignity.

My encounter with that woman had a strikingimpact on me. On an emotional level, I realized thator only 50 bucks, a ellow human being can gaintheir dignity. On an intellectual level, I understoodthe power o business solutions or poverty micronance being a business solution to a societalproblem. And it was a good investment at thesame time ater a ew months, the woman wasable to pay back the US$ 50, including interest.

Despite this experience, I went into a typicalcorporate career. Micronance and socialimpact work were something I was going to doonce Id retired. I became a typical corporateexecutive, doing things that look impressiveon paper, like becoming the youngest CFOo a company trading on the NYSE.

Joining the YGL Community started a process thatchanged my lie 180 degrees. Interactions withpassionate individuals who dedicated their livesto solving humanitys direst problems made merealize that today was the day to get ully involved.I saw that, by applying the business skills I haddeveloped, I had the aptitude and know-how todevelop business solutions to drive real change.

So I stepped out o my very comortable corporatelie and started IGNIA, an impact investment rmocused on commercial enterprises that serve

the base o the socio-economic pyramid. In themiddle o the nancial crisis we raised a undo US$ 102 million, and today were the largestimpact-investing BoP und in the world. We investin businesses that serve the needs o low-incomepopulations and empower entrepreneurshipwhile making nancial returns or investors.

I am grateul to my YGL peers or makingme aware o the responsibility that I have that, by luck or destiny, I am in a positionwhere I can do things that matter, that

lead to positive change. Being part o thiscommunity is a git and a privilege.

I am grateful to my YGL peers

for making me aware of the

responsibility that I have that,

by luck or destiny, I am in a

position where I can do things

that matter.

Alvaro Rodrguez ArreguiCo-Founder and Managing Partner

Ignia Partners


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When I was invited to join the YoungGlobal Leaders programme, I was

intrigued. I get all sorts o invitations to clubsand various other things that I dont have timeto be involved with, but this was dierent.

At the rst meeting in Zermatt, we had wide-ranging discussions about global issues in health,environment and education. As it became clearthat concrete outcomes were expected rom us, Idecided that I really wanted to be a part o this. Thegroup was very impressive and all the YGLs hadunbelievable personal stories it was humbling.

Apart rom the remarkable content, what struckme was the immediate creation o a spirit oriendship and mutual respect. When you areyoung and successul in the business world, youbehave in a certain way. Entering a communitysuch as the YGLs, where everybody is highlysuccessul, theres a totally dierent spirit andambience you can be yoursel, not playing a role.

The ocus o my working group was on theenvironment. This was beore the release o AlGores An Inconvenient Truth, beore the IPCCreport and just ater Hurricane Katrina it was ata time when climate change was starting to gainwidespread attention. We initiated a campaignto encourage businesses to examine their

environmental impact. This included the release othe Book o Love, a motivational guidebook sent tocompanies around the world to help them reducetheir carbon ootprint. Our approach was to showthat sustainability and protability are not mutuallyexclusive overall, it was a positive message.

I incorporated what I had learned rom being parto the YGL Community in business decisions atIWC Schahausen, the company I run. I am veryproud to say that IWC became the rst carbon-neutral watch manuacturer in the world.

The IWC strategy o integrating sustainability intobusiness decisions was heavily infuenced by myinteraction with the YGLs. For example, Davidde Rothschild, a ellow YGL, shared with me hisplans or the Plastiki expedition sailing rom SanFrancisco to Sydney in a boat made rom 12,500plastic bottles. He needed a sponsor, and IWCwas a perect t. It combined three o my passions adventure, technology and ecology and washugely successul in raising awareness o whatplastic does to our environment and oceans.

Being part o the YGL Community is intellectuallychallenging. It also broadens your horizonsas you interact with people rom all walkso lie. And you gain new perspectives Inow have a much better understanding ohunger, education and the environment.

The combination o intellectual challenge,exposure to new experiences and perspectives,and the ormation o deep and long-lastingriendships with people rom all over the worldunder the umbrella o lets do somethingtogether is truly remarkable. Were not here

just to talk, but to actually do something.

As it became clear that concreteoutcomes were expected from us,

I decided that I really wanted to

be a part of this.

Georges KernChie Executive OcerIWC Schahausen


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Theres a unny thing about being a YGL every time you go to a meeting you look

around and say to yoursel, I have no idea whyIm here. I have no idea why I was chosen. Look

at these people. How was I chosen to be part oa group that is so talented and so extraordinary?I think everyones thinking the same thing,because theres a lot o humility within the YGLs.

I was probably chosen because what I do isslightly dierent. At MYOO, we address social andenvironmental issues but by trying to create adierent narrative, one that is multiaceted andseeks to blend education and entertainment.

The other YGL Ive worked most closely with is

Georges Kern. Georges is a ascinating character.Id heard about him beore I even knew aboutthe YGLs. Everywhere I went, people told me Ishould go and see Georges. His is a companythat has decided not to go down the traditionalmarketing route and has instead put its moneyinto projects that have a deeper purpose. WhenI nally met him at the World Sports Awards,it was a total breath o resh air. Here wassomeone who had a really clear vision aboutwhat he wanted to achieve with his brand andhow he wanted to spend his marketing money.

Georges came on board with our Plastiki project,the catamaran made out o 12,500 reclaimedplastic bottles that we sailed rom San Francisco toSydney to draw attention to marine pollution andenvironmental issues caused by global warming.Georges was enormously supportive. Oten, wemeet CEOs with good intentions but, ater the initialmeeting, reality set in. But Georges just said, I likewhat you do, I like the way youre doing it and itts with our brand. Lets make something happen.

Thats the sort o thinking that you nd with YGLs.The Plastiki project was about recasting wasteas a resource rather than just a problem. Thisway o reraming problems to make them intosolutions is something thats key to YGL thinking.

To create Plastiki, we engineered a plastic productthats a sel-reinorcing polymer that is hal theweight o breglass, three-quarters the strengthand much tougher because it cannot shatter.Based on this technology, the plastic bottlesthat are thrown out every year can now be taken

and pressed into car tyres or fat-pack housingor reugees anything that needs structuralintegrity or that currently uses breglass. Weveup-cycled, rather than recycling like or like.

Curiosity is the most powerul word in thedictionary, and I think i you were to look at the

YGLs and you wanted to nd one thing commonto all o them it would be that were all curious. Weask questions, we help people to learn and wereeager to learn ourselves. Were people who aretaking things to the next level because were not

satised with just stepping around the problems.Plus, we all have a condence in our ability. Thereis no doubt that we can bring about real change.

Curiosity is the most powerful

word in the dictionary and I think

if you were to look at the YGLsand you wanted to ind one thing

common to all of them it would be

that were all curious.

David de RothschildChie Executive OcerMYOO


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The Young Global Leaders bring a greatdynamism and freshness to the wider work

of the World Economic Forum. As substantial

leaders in their own right, with extensive

networks and established reputations, they

offer expert insights to the Forums work as

well as beneiting from the contributions of

the many global leaders they interact with.

YGL passion and entrepreneurial spirit

ensures that, in its work, the Forum is always

aware of the need for action on the ground

enabling consumers and citizens around

the world to understand the challenges we

face and what they can do. With the Forums

Water Initiative, its largest project, YGLs are

making a major contribution through taking

the central message of the value of water

beyond policy-makers to create millions of

water champions around the globe.

Andy WalesHead, Sustainable DevelopmentSABMiller


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YGL meetings have a lot incommon with the Wiki way

of doing things.

Jimmy WalesFounder and TrusteeWikimedia Foundation

The YGL meetings have a lot in commonwith the Wiki way o doing things. Its a

very open-ended, peer-to-peer structure. Its not liketheres an organization assigning us tasks to do its

just people coming together to share ideas, helpeach other and, most crucially, to ask questions.Its incredible to have so many people rom diversebackgrounds there at the meetings. Its a place wherepeople can get together and share ideas. Its a spaceto share problems and bring dierent viewpointsand areas o expertise into play to help solve them.

The rst meeting I went to was in Dalian, PeoplesRepublic o China. It was instantly apparent that thiswas no ordinary talking shop. The people I met werean inspiration. I dont know anywhere else youdcome across such diverse participants. And its not

just a bunch o people trying to do business witheach other theres a healthy mix o non-prots,academics, media and government people.

More than anything its a peer group and a supportnetwork or people who have a lot o interestingquestions to ask. Its a place to bounce ideas opeople and hear viewpoints rom totally dierentelds. Ive gone on to achieve a lot o dierentthings with people Ive met at the meetings. Ivebeen helping one guy apply the Wiki method toonline translation. Hes a YGL working on a nancialliteracy curriculum and he wanted to see i he couldgo global with it, so we launched a Wiki wherethe user community could help him translate hismaterial. We have two languages online alreadyand were working towards a ormal launch.

Once, I was on the way to Santiago, Chile, to speak

at ellow YGL Paula Escobars book launch, onlyI had a terribly painul but ortunately minor eyeinjury. When I arrived, I discovered that Paula hadarranged or a top eye doctor to meet with me atmidnight to get a proper diagnosis and treatment.

This is typical o the social aspect o the YGLs. Therelationships you orge with the others are not justbusiness-based. Many o the people Ive met at

YGL events have gone on to become close riends.Wherever you are in the world, it seems theresa YGL who can help you, whether youre having

business problems or you just need some helpor advice. Were an extended amily whereveryou go, its like there are old riends waiting.


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I went to the irst meeting and,

when I realized what this group

could accomplish and what

amazing people were involved, I

was completely hooked.

Kristin Forbes

Proessor o Economics, MITSloane School o Management

I must admit I had no idea what to expectwhen I got an invitation to become parto the YGL Community. At the time, I

was working at the White House and planningto go to Davos anyway. So I decided to give it achance and discover what it was all about. I wentto the rst meeting and, when I realized whatthis group could accomplish and what amazingpeople were involved, I was completely hooked.

When we met in Davos in 2007 we spoke aboutthe challenges acing the world. At rst, I thoughtit would be just talk and that nothing wouldollow aterwards. But in our group we discussededucation and, as a proessor, I care deeply aboutthis issue. I think education is key to raising peopleout o poverty and dealing with inequality it givespeople an opportunity to have a better lie. Weocused on the developing world, where so manychildren dont have the chance to receive anyeducation. We wanted to develop a project thatdidnt cost much and could truly make a dierence.

We had some brilliant economists in our group(Michael Kremer and Esther Dufo) who have testedwhat works with education what is the mostcost-eective way to get kids to school. And, ithey are in school, what increases their learning.

They discovered that the most cost-eective wayto improve education is to de-worm the children that was something I knew nothing about.

Four hundred million children around the worldhave worms and, in many countries, its seen asa normal way o lie. Worms cause atigue andanaemia; they absorb nutrients and make kids

sick more oten. This means kids miss schoolor, i at school, learn less due to lack o energy.Depending on the type o worm, it takes just oneor two pills a year to get rid o them and treatingone child costs less than 50 cents a year.

We all let Davos ready or action. Once we ormedDeworm the World (DtW) it took on a lie o its own,receiving support rom organizations worldwide.

Davos got us together and orced us tobrainstorm there is no substitute or such aunique event that osters such great ideas and

it was the YGL network that made it happen.

Alejandro Ramirez convinced a world-amous

director to make a movie about de-worming. Iwas also part o the Kennedy School class oDecember 2008, and with my ellow classmateswe raised almost US$ 100,000. Our partnershipwith YGL Vikram Akula, CEO o SKS Micronance,also contributed to DtWs success through hisnetwork in Andhra Pradesh and our work with thegovernment, more than 2.2 million children havebeen de-wormed there. These success stories wereinitiated by money raised through the YGL network.

There are two great powers o the YGL network.

One is that it orces you to step back rom yourday job and to think about the big picture. TheYGL Community taught me how, with just asmall eort, you can make a huge dierence.

The second is the network o people you areintroduced to the connections weve made andthe people weve met through the YGL networkhave been incredibly important in accomplishing ourgoals. As a result o all this, DtW helped deworm20 million children in 25 countries in 2009.


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Michael Njoroge Wamukuyu,12, Kenya

I didnt know anything about worms orthat worms could be living in my belly

or that the worms come when I dont wash myhands beore I eat. One day, the teacher toldus all this. She said that i you have worms, itcan make your stomach hurt and you can getheadaches and eel sleepy all the time. I had allthese things and the teacher said that at schoolthe next day we would get medicine to make theworms go away. In morning assembly, the headteacher held up a pill and said she and all theteachers would eat one, and then wed get onein class. I was happy to eat the pill ater the headteacher ate hers. I chewed it like they told us and ittasted like a sweet. One girl, Beth, who had a bigtummy and oten didnt come to school, ate herpill and then vomited and you saw worms comeout. One was as long as my nger. Beth doesnthave a big tummy anymore and I dont get theheadaches and I eel good now and go to schoolevery day. I am second in class now and I want to

be an engineer and build airplanes when Im big.

Nancy Muthoni,35, Kenya

My sister is Michaels mother. Last yearshe got sick and started shouting at her

children and running ater them. They took her toa mental hospital in Nairobi. Our brother asked meto come and live in this house with my ve childrenand to look ater my sisters ve children. I heardthe children talking about the worm treatment.Beore they had the tablets, Michael and his sisterLucy, 9, were listless and slept a lot. Michael otensaid he elt sick. He was doing poorly at school.He couldnt help carry water up the hill rom thewell. Now he helps me wash clothes in the riverand plays ootball at the community centre. Thechildren all talk about washing their hands nowand tell me I have to wash mine. Michael is agood, hard-working boy. His headaches havestopped, and he stays up to read by the light othe paran lamp fame. I hope he becomes an

accountant because he is good at maths and Idlike to see him be able to look ater his mother.

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Theres an amazing network

of people in the YGLs. Theyre

people whove had success at an

early age or are leaders in their

ields, so you have a great mutual

respect and you enjoy each others

company.

Ian ThorpeFounder, Fountain or YouthFive-time Olympic Gold Medallist, swimming

When youre an athlete, you have to bethe most selsh person on the planet.

In order to create your own perormance youhave a coach, a manager, a physiotherapist, anosteopath, a chiropractor, a nutritionist, a doctor it goes on and on. Thats probably the rst thingto get out o when youre involved in philanthropy its not about you, its about the issue.

From the age o 14, I worked or a numbero charities. I was able to see how dierentorganizations operated I got rustrated with someand elt I was spreading mysel too thinly. I wantedto be very specic about what Id be doing, and thatwas the oundation or my charity, Fountain or Youth.

We are one o the top charities in Australiain indigenous health and education wereocused on remote communities, but also havea presence in the cities. We turned 10 this year,and in some communities where we have theprogramme in place, the kids perorm abovethe national average. Were seeing results roma long-term strategy and Im proud o that.

I didnt know what Id be getting into withthe YGLs, but it was very clear in my mindthat I wanted to be among this group opeople, looking at global issues rom dierentperspectives, contributing to this conversationand assisting in areas where I had experience.

Theres an amazing network o people withinthe YGL community. Theyre all people whoveeither had success at an early age or are leadersin their elds, so you have a great level o mutualrespect and you enjoy each others company.

Peoples ability to just get on with things isincredible. Youre able to put your hand up andsay, Does anyone know someone in this area?

And usually someone does, so you have a resultin the space o a day rather than waiting months.

We dont speak enough about the work that theYGL community does. Something like this reinorcesthe best parts o you. There are so many talentedpeople out there and Id really like to look at whoelse we can get on board and say: This is available.

Youll meet people who are both like you and

completely unlike you. I you eel theres somethingyou want to do globally, this may be your platorm.


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YGLs work with an incredible

degree of pragmatism. People

say, give me a program that I can

implement tomorrow. Thats what

happened with TABLE FOR TWO.James KondoCounsellorOce o the Prime Minister o Japan

The rst YGL meeting I went to was inVancouver, and thats where we came

up with Table or Two, a programme that helpspeople in the developed world eat healthily, whilepaying or school meals or children in Arica.

There are 6.7 billion people on the planet. Onebillion are obese and 1 billion are hungry. Tableor Two addresses both these problems at thesame time. It provides healthy menus to ocesin the developed world to help combat obesityand, or every meal eaten, 20 cents is donatedto an organization that provides meals to schoolchildren in Arica. Twenty cents is enough to deliver

a healthy, nutritious meal to a school kid in Arica.So ar, we have 350 companies involved, oeringmeals that weve designed to their employees,and weve provided about 5 million meals toschools in various Arican countries. And all thiscame about rom a YGL meeting in Vancouver.

At the meeting, we were set the task o thinkingabout how to address the problems o hunger andobesity. Hal o us were thinking about hunger andhal about over-eating, and 30 minutes into thediscussion we realized that these problems are, in

act, two sides o the same coin, and that i we putthem together we might be able to nd a solution.

Thats exactly what YGL meetings are all about.There are dozens o people rom the mostdisparate backgrounds asking what they cando right now to solve a problem, or to rerameit in a way that makes it easier to tackle.

This was an integrated perspective or a problemacing the whole world. And once we had oursolution, we were surrounded by people who couldimplement it right away health experts to draw upmenus, business leaders to oer it to the largestcompanies in the world, plus the aid workerswho were on the ground in Arica and knew howbest to spend the money. In the last case, it wasa charity called Millennium Promise, led by a

YGL called John McArthur, who became our keypartner in delivering the school meals in Arica.

Where other people are satised to identiya problem and write a white paper, or YGLsthats not good enough. They see a problemand ask how to solve it and then put thatsolution into eect. They work with an incredibledegree o pragmatism. People say, Give mea programme that I can implement tomorrow.

Thats what happened with Table or Two.


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Solving problems that affect

millions or billions of people can

be tackled by people who can look

at a broken system and redesign

it.

Shai AgassiFounder and Chie Executive Ocer

Better Place

Ater we joined the ounding orumor the Young Global Leaders back in

2005, we were asked how we could make theworld a better place by 2020. I came up with anidea a question, really o whether we couldnd a way to run one country without oil todo it in a way that would be driven by marketorces and was based on current technology.

A year later, at Davos in 2006, I teamed up withanother YGL, Andrey Zarur. We started to thinkabout how we could make an electric car morepractical and aordable than any comparablecar currently available, so that consumerswould pick it in the market place and not berequired to pay more or give up comort orconvenience or a green choice. The answercame in part by applying the business model othe mobile phone industry, specically the notiono a cross subsidy. When you buy a handset,you sign a commercial service agreementthat subsidizes the high cost o the devicesacquisition with the ongoing cost o usage.

We applied this to electric cars, separating thecar and battery and using the lower operatingcost o electricity. The high cost o the technologyis oset by the ongoing cost o powering yourcar by recharging the battery or switching it or apre-charged battery. Beore, car manuacturersconsidered the battery as a component likeevery other part but its a consumable, and thesavings rom driving on electricity can subsidizethe network and the cost o the battery.

As we progressed, we discovered somethingsignicant. The cost o a complete network orany region or country is roughly equal to oneweek o gasoline use in that region. Israel usesaround US$ 150 million o gas every week, andthat is the approximate cost o our networko charge spots and battery switch stationsin Israel. Even the United States, with low gasprices, spends about US$ 8 billion per week ongasoline which is approximately what it wouldcost or a network across the whole country.

I wrote a white paper and my YGL riends gaveme advice. Then, at a Forum event, Shimon Pereswas in the audience and, in the middle o mypresentation, he asked or my paper. Eventually,Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert challengedme to nd a major car maker to supply the carand investors to und the network in Israel. Bythe end o 2011, well have a ull network on theground, with cars rom Renault driving on it.

That YGL meeting in 2005 was a transormationalmoment in my lie. We who are young leaders

have the duty to use all our abilities to tacklethe big problems whether its energy,transportation, climate, healthcare or hunger.Solving problems that aect millions or billionso people can be tackled by people who canlook at a broken system and redesign it withthe understanding that we need to design aworld dierent rom the one we came into.


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Thanks to the YGL community

and the access it offers, the impact

of TakingITGlobal has beenmultiplied.

Jennifer CorrieroCo-Founder and Executive Director

TakingITGlobal

I run TakingITGlobal, a network made upo young people rom all over the world.

We enable collaborative learning and encourageyoung olks to create positive change. We havemore than 300,000 members and have reachedover our million people across 12 languagesand in every country in the world. The idea o

TakingITGlobal is or youths to think criticallyabout the world around them. Thanks to the

YGL Community and the access it oers, theimpact o TakingITGlobal has been multiplied.

The YGL Community is active in all sorts oprojects. Take the YGL Youth Task Force, whichseeks to promote young people becomingpart o established institutions and havinga say in decision-making. The 2010 World

Youth Conerence in Mexico called or a youth-centred approach to the global AIDS response recognizing young people as a priority andas important agents o change and this

originated in a conversation some o us hadwith Mexican public gures in Davos a ew yearsago. Today, you can see the ripple eect.

To enable change, it is important to set clear goals

and targets that are measurable and tangible.This is how you keep social movements growing.At the same time, you need to keep the biggerpicture in mind. You need to be aware that thegoal is not simply youth empowerment, say, butto achieve broader community development.

You need to keep your eyes on the ball andocus on the bigger idea and the secret othis lies in a spirit o cooperation and trust.

Beore becoming a YGL, I used to seeorganizations as rigid structures that you couldnt

penetrate or infuence. But the YGLs showeda human ace, and I thought: Theres a humanrelationship at the basis o everything. Everyorganization, every system originates rom abunch o people who spent time together andhad a great idea and then made it happen.

This had a real impact on the work that I do.


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I feel whenever I meet with fellow

YGLs Im renewing a lot of my

enthusiasm and encouragement. I

leave every meeting committed to

trying to do better and do more.

Andrew RugasiraChie Executive Ocer

Good Arican Coee

Coming rom Uganda, where there is alot o poverty and inequality, Ive always

been interested in development issues and in howbusiness can create transormation. Arica hasalways been a recipient o models and suggestionsor how it should carry out its development,so I was interested in us developing our ownstrategies. When I started Good Arican Coee,it was to position Arica in a new light we wereusing the word good beore Arica when a lot othings people hear in the media are negative. Wewanted to create a social enterprise that not only

made money or shareholders, but also shared50% o prots with armers and communities.

I never thought the work we do at Good Aricanwould catch the attention o the World EconomicForum, so I was thrilled to be nominated. Imworking with a ew groups and looking at issueso entrepreneurship in Arica and at access tocapital and the constraints to bringing productsto the market. I eel whenever I meet with ellow

YGLs Im renewing a lot o my enthusiasmand encouragement. I leave every meeting

committed to trying to do better and do more.

Every YGL has been recognized or the worktheyve done in their eld, so people leave theiregos behind. Theres no space or anything butsharing ideas and experiences. I dont think theresa better network o young global entrepreneurs,people involved in the social sector and people ingovernment. And I dont think you could easily nda community so generous with its time, or peopleso committed to projects other than their own.


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I love being part

of the Young Global Leaders a

community where we all trusteach other and learn from

one another. In a way,

we hold each other accountable.

Hafsat Abiola-CostelloFounder and Chie Executive OcerChina-Arica Bridge

I love being part o the YoungGlobal Leaders a community

where we are all committed, where we trusteach other and learn rom one another. In away, we hold each other accountable.

I run two organizations. The rst, KIND, is theKudirat Initiative or Democracy, which I createdin 1996 and named ater my mother. She was

assassinated by Nigerian soldiers when trying topromote democracy. Ater her death, I decidedto continue her legacy and I wanted to use KINDto address important issues such as low rates owomens participation in legislatures and risingmaternal and inant mortality rates. You can seethe relationship between the absence o womenat the policy-making table and the prioritiesthat men consider when making decisions.

My ellow YGLs have really helped me withthis mission. One o the YGLs, Penny Low,

has been my mentor, helping me think abouthow to push this issue, and YGLs that aregood with media have been helping me topass on the message correctly in Nigeria.

I have a certain credibility as both my parentswere killed in the struggle or democracy soI have a voice and a responsibility. Becauseo my work with the YGLs, it is an inormedvoice. Things take time, but I eel that beinga YGL equips me to be an agent or changein my country in the best way possible.

When I moved to China in 2006, I saw the Chineseengaging with Nigeria. They convened a meetingwith 48 heads o Arican governments. They allcame with their own agendas and I was rightened.I thought it would be devastating to Arica i in 50years we say: We missed another opportunity.

That is why I created the China-Arica BridgeCompany. The YGL Community has really helpedme to position my company, to learn how toleverage resources and provide credible solutionsor Arican governments and businesses thatwant to engage with China. We seek to createa long-term win-win. Arica desperately requiresinvestment to develop. The Chinese need

Arican resources. Once governments align theiragendas and a ramework is established, theprivate sector can realize its potential and positiveresults will be elt in the lives o ordinary people.

This is where we oer help through ourYGL Task Force on Investment betweenEmerging Markets. Its very exciting to seehow dierent members o our Task Force pullresources together to make things happen.


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The YGL/Harvard programme is aunique programme made up of people

from different backgrounds and nationalities

that creates a unique space for constant

learning. And for me, it was an environment

that facilitated the transformation of an idea

into action. When I decided to tackle the issue

of making information available to those who

cant afford to pay for it by starting the irst

high-quality free newspaper in Mozambique,

the programme provided me with the irst

@Verdade newspaper informal advisory group,

made up of YGLs who bounced my idea to

perfection.

The group including elements from the media,

public service and civil society provided

brilliant insights and made it possible for my

newspaper to become the leading publication

that we are today.

Erik CharasFounder and Managing Director@Verdade


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At YGL meetings, I befriend

women who are at the top of

their ields and who face similar

challenges to those I do when

leading an expedition.

Merieme ChadidExplorer and Astronomer

Antarctica Research Station

I came to the attention o the YGLCommunity because o the work

I did building an observatory in one o theharshest environments on the planet. Iman astronomer and Id been selected by theEuropean Southern Observatory to be one o

the rst working astronomers to install and runthe Very Large Telescope on Paranal Mountainin the Atacama Desert in Chile. That was anextreme environment its the driest desert inthe world but its a great place to look at thestars because theres almost no light pollution.I came back rom that trip and decided thatthe only better place or an observatory wouldbe the South Pole. There are no clouds there,zero light pollution and, best o all, the nightslast six months. Its the closest thing to having atelescope in space, but much less expensive.

I knew the challenges that lay ahead wereenormous. The South Pole is the coldest,most inhospitable place on Earth with extremeconditions, not just o temperature and weather,but also pressure and altitude. I assembled ateam o 20 people rom across the world and wespent six months there, with no soul living lessthan 1,000 miles away. The site was 3,200 metresabove sea level, but with the weather conditionsit was like working at over 4,000 metres. Weaced temperatures o minus 80 degrees. Youcant imagine trying to complete a task in thoseconditions. It was our positivity that got us through.

I was team leader and the only woman. Leadingpeople into those conditions was the mostdicult thing Ive ever done the responsibilityand psychological pressure were enormous.

At YGL meetings, Im surrounded by a lot oentrepreneurs and businessmen. My workcoordinating space programmes and workingtowards an understanding o the origins o theuniverse is nothing like theirs but, within the

YGL Community, I can learn how to improvemy strategy and methods or leading large,international teams. I beriend women who areat the top o their elds and who ace similarchallenges to those I ace leading an expedition.

All the YGLs are people who have had to makebig decisions that aect other peoples lives. Theyhave to negotiate high-risk environments andstay calm enough to make the right choices. Ivebeen able to learn a lot rom them about decision-making. There are YGLs in the community whoare able to learn rom me, too. I teach them aboutwhat science can bring to our world, and now nicknamed Young Universal Leader I lead a YGLtask orce to promote science and technology.We came up with the idea o making comic booksto introduce kids to science and teach themthat science is a wonderul human adventure.

I am proud to be part o the YGL Community.Its a community like the universe each YGLis like a star and their experience and skillscontribute to the evolution o this universe.


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When I get back to Indonesia I

will return to the jungle, and the

connections Ive made with other

YGLs will inspire me, and help me

forge on with my own work.

Butet ManurungEducator and ConservationistSOKOLA

Im an anthropologist, and in 1999 I wentto live in the jungles o Sumatra with the

Orang Rimba, a tribe o indigenous people whosetraditional way o lie is threatened. Education isconsidered taboo in their society, but their orestsare disappearing and, without some education andskills, I could see they were not going to survive.

I lived with the Orang Rimba or nine years, teachingthem to read, write and count in their native language basic skills to empower them in their interactionswith the outside world. In the past, theyve beencheated into selling their land to logging companiesor giving away their possessions or nothing becausethey cant read the contracts they are told to signor the measuring scales when they are barteringor goods. It took a long time or them to acceptme, but I adopted their ways and they slowlycame to understand that I was there to help.

When I got a letter telling me Id been selected tobe a YGL, at rst I didnt understand. Here was anorganization o people with political and businessbackgrounds. What would they want with me?

The rst meeting I went to was in Jordan, and I wassurprised that these important business peoplewho were dealing with huge sums o money werealso interested in the work I had done. Normally, Ieel shy talking about my work and I cant talk tobusiness people at all. But at the YGL meetingsyoure thrown together with people rom all over theworld, rom so many dierent backgrounds. I didnthave any idea who most o them were, i Im honest,but it didnt matter. They were interested in talkingto anyone making a positive change, on any scale.

The most useul contacts I made were with journalistsand social activists. These are the people who canhelp me as I carry on teaching and training otherteachers, and theyre the people who can learnthe most rom my experiences. And I would like totalk to business people who might be interestedin supporting my indigenous schools in remoteareas through their CSR programmes, too.

Right now, Im studying or my Masters inAustralia, but when I get back to Indonesia Iwill return to the jungle, and the connections

Ive made with other YGLs will inspire me,and help me orge on with my own work.


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I was moved by the idealism

of my fellow YGLs, but also

impressed by their resolve to take

concrete steps.

J. Julianne LeeSenior AdvisorRBS

My grandather served as PrimeMinister o Korea, my ather was

Deputy Prime Minister and many other amilymembers were in government or politics.Growing up, I thought public service ran in ourblood and that one day I would carry on thetorch. My athers dedication to public service,in particular, had a deep infuence on me.

Ater a long career as a TV journalist, I moved towork in the Presidents Oce as Spokespersonor Foreign Press and Spokesperson o the

National Security Council. The years I spentin a position o public leadership were someo the most important in my career in terms ounderstanding the details o policy-making and theheavy responsibility that comes with it. I learnedthe importance o communicating with the peopleand working with the various stakeholders osociety. But public leadership in Korea was oten

just as much about politics as it was about thepublic interest. By the time I let my position, I wasready to explore dierent types o leadership.

It was around that time that I started to becomeactively involved in the activities o the YoungGlobal Leaders. I was moved by the idealismo my ellow YGLs, but also impressed by theirresolve to take concrete steps. I was particularlystruck by everyones unwavering belie that theycan bring about change and that every little actioncounts. Over the years, I have seen conversationsamong ellow YGLs evolve into Global DignityDay, Deworm the World and Table or Two.

YGL meetings became my source o energy,an opportunity to be inspired, and to eelI was among kindred souls. I learned thatpassion and ideas are powerul tools, and thatthe dedication o ew can have ar-reachinginfuence. I also ound a circle o riends.

Since July 2009, Ive been involved in a YGL taskorce to encourage talented young leaders inthe private sector to consider public leadership.

The initiative was started by six YGLs and weve

been exchanging ideas and making concreteaction plans through weekly conerence calls.Im amazed by the dedication o task orcemembers, who regularly dial in or weeklycalls despite extremely busy schedules.

I have also organized gatherings o Korean,Japanese and Chinese YGLs with otheryoung leaders in the region. As Asia becomesmore important on the global stage, Asianswill become key contributors to the globaldebate. My experiences with the YGLs have

taught me that extraordinary people can createextraordinary things regardless o dierences,and that the rst step is becoming riends.


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