Participants in previous Global Forums have included:
WORLD LEADERS
- Hu Jintao, then President, People’s Republic of China
- Wang Qishan, Vice Premier, People’s Republic of China
- Jiang Zemin, then President, People’s Republic of China
- His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (private meeting with selected participants)
- H.E. Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister, Pakistan
- George H. W. Bush, 41st President, United States
- Dick Cheney, then Vice President, United States
- Jacques Chirac, then President, Republic of France
- Bill Clinton, 42nd President, United States
- Frederik Willem de Klerk, Former President, Republic of South Africa
- Connie Hedegaard, Commissioner for Climate Action, European Union
- Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, United States
- Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor, Republic of Singapore
- Graça Machel, President, Foundation for Community Development
- Shimon Peres, President, State of Israel
- Mary Robinson, Former President, Republic of Ireland
- Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, India
- Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chair, The Elders Foundation
- Zhu Rongji, former Premier, People’s Republic of China
- Jacob G. Zuma, President, Republic of South Africa
BUSINESS LEADERS
- Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
- Jean-Paul Agon, Chief Executive Officer, L’Oréal SA
- Steven A. Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation
- Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al Faisal, Member of the Board of Directors, King Faisal Foundation
- Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
- Koos Bekker, Group CEO, Naspers Limited
- Jeffrey L. Bewkes, Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Inc.
- Pierre Bilger, then Chairman and CEO, Alstom S.A.
- Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs
- John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Ronnie Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Group
- Chen Dongsheng, Chairman and CEO, Taikang Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
- John Chen, Chairman, President and CEO, Sybase, Inc.
- Fujio Cho, Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
- Victor Lap-Lik Chu, Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group
- Rudolf Colm, Member of the Board of Management, Robert Bosch GmbH
- Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell Inc.
- Jürgen Dormann, former Chairman, Adecco S.A.
- Victor Fung Kwok King, Group Non-Executive Chairman, Li & Fung Ltd.
- Jean-Pierre Garnier, then Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline plc
- Frank Gehry, Partner, Gehry Partners, LLP
- Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO, Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.
- Guo Shuqing, Then Chairman, China Construction Bank
- Ho Ching, Executive Director and CEO, Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited
- Mo Ibrahim, Founder, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
- Robert Iger, President and CEO, The Walt Disney Co.
- Neville Isdell, Former Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
- Jiang Jianqing, Chairman, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- Phil Kent, Chairman and CEO, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Sol Kerzner, Chairman and CEO, Kerzner International
- Kuok Khoon Chen, Chairman, Kerry Properties Ltd.
- Ellen Kullman, Chair and CEO, DuPont
- Ralph Lauren, Chairman and CEO, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation
- Ulrich Lehner, then Chairman of the Management Board, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Bridgette Radebe, Executive Chairperson, Mmakau Mining
- Cyril Ramaphosa, Founder and Chief Executive Chairman, Shanduka Group
- Richard Li Tzar Kai, Then Chairman, PCCW
- Liu Chuanzhi, Then Chairman, Lenovo Group Limited
- Liu Yonghao, Chairman, New Hope Group
- Andrew Liveris, Chairman, President and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
- Sergio Marchionne, Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Group LLC; Chief Executive Officer, Fiat S.p.A
- J. Willard Marriott, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Marriott International, Inc.
- Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO, GDF SUEZ
- Anne Mulcahy, Former Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corp.
- Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News Corp.
- Nandan M. Nilekani, Founder and former Co-Chairman, Infosys Technologies Ltd.
- Peter Peterson, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, The Blackstone Group
- Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Technologies
- Sumner Redstone, Executive Chairman, CBS Corporation and Viacom
- Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO, Comcast Corporation
- Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Chairman, E.L. Rothschild Ltd.
- Yuzo Seto, then Chairman, Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
- Fred Smith, Chairman, President and CEO, FedEx Corp.
- Sir Martin Sorrell, Group Chief Executive, WPP Group plc
- Michael Splinter, Chairman, President and CEO, Applied Materials, Inc.
- Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, Sony Corporation
- Jürgen Strube, then Chairman of the Supervisory Board, BASF Aktiengesellschaft
- Helmut Swarovski, Chairman, D. Swarovski & Co.
- Lucio Tan, Chairman and CEO, Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL)
- Tulsi Tanti, Chairman and Managing Director, Suzlon Energy Ltd.
- James Turley, then Chairman and CEO, Ernst & Young LLP
- Ted Turner III, Chairman, Turner Foundation, Inc.
- Daniel Vasella, Chairman, Novartis AG
- Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell plc
- Wang Xiaochu, Executive Director, Chairman and CEO, China Telecommunications Corporation
- Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO, General Electric Company
- Meg Whitman, President and CEO, HP
- Marjorie Yang, Chairman, Esquel Group
- Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Yeoh Tiong Lay, Executive Chairman, YTL Corporation Berhad
- Xu JIanguo, Chairman and CEO, Shanghai Electric Group
- Zhang Ruimin, Chairman and CEO, Haier Group
- Zhang Yue, Chairman and CEO, BROAD Air Conditioning Co., Ltd.















