Welcome to Leaders500, a curated collection of 500 noteworthy individuals whose leadership, talents and unique insight has made a lasting impact on the world.
Each person featured on this list is someone I have had the privilege to connect with — whether through personal meetings, phone calls, or in-depth interviews. Behind every name is a unique story that has not only left an impression on me but have also inspired millions of people worldwide with powerful lessons in leadership, growth, and inspiration.
The collective wisdom of the Leaders500 list forms the foundation of our consulting approach, shaping strategies that are grounded in real-world insights from top leaders across industries. Each lesson learned from these exceptional individuals informs our leadership consultancy, helping us develop tailored solutions for clients seeking to navigate challenges and drive impactful change.
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NOUR ABU-RAGHEB
CEO, Crown Prince Foundation, Jordan
GARETH ACKERMAN
Chairman, Pick n Pay Stores
SARAH AGAH FRANTI
Speaker, entrepreneur
VIKRAM AGRAWAL
Co-Founder, American Resilience Partners
MOHAMED PARHAM AL AWADHI
Founder, Peeta Planet
YOUSEF AL OTAIBA
UAE Ambassador to the USA
NAIF A AL-MUTAWA
Creator, The 99
BUZZ ALDRIN
Astronaut
DALIA ALIC
Advisor, Permanent Mission of Croatia
LORI AMES
Book Publicist
MARTIN AMMANN
Creative Head OROAFRICA
ALLEGRA ANTINORI
Antinori Wine
NANCY AOSSEY
CEO, International Medical Corps
JACINDA ARDEN
Former Prime Minister, New Zealand
LISA ARIE
Co-Founder, Vista Caballo
SHARI ARISON
Owner, Arison Investments
ALEX ATZBERGER
President, SAP Ariba
JIM AYALA
Social Entrepreneur, Philippines
ZAHEER AZEEZ
Commanding Officer, NY City Police
B
EDUARDO BALAZERO
Founder, Lonesome George & Co.
TIM BALLARD
Founder, Operation Underground Railroad
IAIN BANNER
CEO, Laureus World Sports Awards
NIGEL BARKER
Photographer
XIYE BASTIDA
Climate Activist
KEHKASHAN BASU
Sustainability Specialist
BRIGITTE BAUMANN
Founder, Go Beyond
BORIS BECKER
Tennis Player
PETER BEITSCH MD
President, US Society Breast Surgeons
ROWAN BELCHERS
Founder, Lockstep Leadership
PAUL BELL
Editor, Leadership Magazine
AMY BENNETT
CMO, Impact Assets
RICHARD BERGFORS
President, MAX Burgers
TIM BERINGER
Potsdam Insitute For Climate Impact
MICHAEL BERLIN MD
Founder, EyeLight
LIZ BERNSTEIN
Director, Nobel Women’s Initiative
PINO BETHENCOURT GALLAGHER
Leadership Coach
BROOKE BIBEAULT
CEO, Makor Resorces
SAMORA BIKO
Steve Biko’s Son
MATT BIRD
Founder, ESG News
SARA BLAKELY
Founder, Spanx
TOM BOARDMAN
CEO, BoE Limited South Africa
RON BOEHM
Co-Founder, Rise Beyond
STEPHAN BOGNAR
Director, NYDG Foundation
LUCILLA BOOYZEN
Founder, South African Fashion Week
DR EILEEN BORRIS
Conflict Resolution Psychologist
JOËL BOUZOU
Advisor to Prince Albert II of Monaco
BEN BOWLER
Director, Unity Earth
MAYA BRAHMAM
World Bank
BILL BRANDT
Arizona State University, LightWorks
KATE BRANDT
Chief Sustainability Officer, Google
JOHN BRETT COHEN
Photographer
DAME NICOLA BREWER
UK High Commissioner South Africa
ERICK BRIMEN
MD, Honduras Próspera
LUCAS BRUNELLE
Extreme Documentary Cyclist
SASKIA BRUYSTEN
Founder, Yunus Social Business
MARC BUCKLEY
Regenerative Futurist
TORY BURCH
Fashion Designer
LEVAR BURTON
Actor, TV Host, storyteller
DAVID BUTLER
Global Marketing Director, Laureus
BENJAMIN BUTLER
Futurist
C
JOHN CALAMOS
Founder, Calamos Investments
SUZY CAMERON
Actress, Activist, Model
CHANTAL LINE CARPENTIER
NY Office of the Sec. General, UNCTAD
CAROL CARTER
Founder, GlobalMindED
DANA CAVALEA
NY Yankees Director of Performance
CHRISTOPHER CAVOLI
Commander of US Army Europe
CRISTY CAYLOR
Co-Founder, Maiyet
CLAUDIA CHAN
NY Times Best-selling Author
JENNIFER CHAVEZ RUBIO
Director, Medtronic
JAMES CHEN
Founder, Clearly
ROB CHESNUT
Chief Ethics Officer, Airbnb
EITAN CHITAYAT
CEO, Natie Branding Agency
EVAN CHRAPKO
Founder, Trust Science
KAREN CHUPKA
Strategist and Brand Builder
MARYBETH CICHOCKI
Opioid Activist
DORIE CLARK
Columbia Business Professor, Author
GENEVIEVE CLAY-SMITH
Founder, Bus Stop Films
MARLENE COETZEE-GEORGE
CEO, Laureus South Africa
ELIZABETH COLEMAN
Communications Advisor
JAY COLLINS
Vice Chairman, Citi Bank
ALAN COLLINS
British Consulate General USA
NADIA COMANECI
Olympic Gymnast
CHIP COMINS
American Renewable Energy Institute
CAROL CONE
Founder, Purpose Collaborative
STEVE CONNOLLY
CEO, Penguin Random House SA
MARSHA COOPER
Photographer
JULIE COPELAND
CEO, Arbill
RON CORDES
Cordes Foundation
JOCELYN CORTEZ-YOUNG
Founder, Minerva Capital
MARLON CORVERA
Armani, 5th Avenue, NY
FABIEN COUSTEAU
Ocean Conservationist
TRAMMEL CROW
Entrepreneur, Founder of EarthX
BEN CUMMING
Responsible Business Initiative
LAWRENCE CUNNINGHAM
Author, The Essays of Warren Buffet
LI CUNXIN
Artistic Director, Queensland Ballet
FRANK CUZZI
Founder, Universal Sports Education
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DORA DAMJANOVIC
Co-Founder, Youth Leadership Network
THOMAS DARDEN
CEO, Cherokee Investment Partners
LORNA DAVIS
CEO DanoneWave, USA
MONICA DE GREIFF
Minister of Justice, Colombia
ROMKE DE HAAN
GuidePoint Security
FW DE KLERK
South African President
JAC DE VILLIERS
Photographer
JON DENGLER
Director, Well Built Bikes
RICK DEVINE
Recruited Tim Cook for Apple
LESLIE DEWAN
Vice Chair, Nuclear Innovation Alliance
PETER DIAMANDIS
Founder, The XPrize
MARKUS DIETRICH
Co-Founder, Hilltribe Organics
THANOS DIMADIS
Foreign Press Correspondents USA
GAIL DINES
Anti-Pornography Campaigner
STEVE DOBBINS
Founder, The Dobbins Group
MICHAEL DOUGLAS
Actor
DINA DRAGIJA
Founder, Youth Leadership Network
MORNÉ DU PLESSIS
Springbok Rugby Captain
NATALIE DU TOIT
Paralympic Athlete
NEILL DUFFY
Founder, 17 Sport
ARTHUR DUFOREST
Inter-Parliamentary Union
MELANIE DULBECCO
CEO, Torani
MARC DULLAERT
Founder, KidsRights
PAUL DUNCAN
Publisher
DESHUN DYSEL
Explorer
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SYLVIA EARLE
Ocean Explorer
SHIRIN EBADI
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
PEGINE ECHEVARRIA
Keynote Speaker
DAVID EDMONDSON
Space Security & Advanced Threats, UK Gov.
THEO EJ WILSON
Speaker, Activist, Poet
FADWA EL GUINDI
Anthropologist
AMANDA ELLIS
Former UN Ambassador for New Zealand
EVIE EVANGELOU
Founder, Fashion 4 Development
STEVE EVANS
EarthX TV
AUDETTE EXEL
Founder, The Adara Group
KINSEY FABRIZIO
President, Consumer Technology Association
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WARWICK FAIRFAX
Founder, Crucible Leadership
MIKE FALK
VP, Newmark Grubb Acres
JOHN PAUL FARMER
Director, Microsoft Cities
SCOTT FARQUHAR
CEO, Atlassian
PETER FELDMANN
Mayor of Frankfurt
GLORIA FELDT
Founder, Take The Lead
MARGARET FENWICK
UN Global Compact
SERGIO FERNANDEZ DE CORDOVA
Chair, PVBLIC Foundation
FELIX FINKBEINER
Founder, Plant For The Planet
MELLISSA FLEMING
UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
ALAN FLEISCHMANN
Founder, Laurel Strategies
JONATHAN FOLEY
Executive Director, Project Drawdown
LAWRENCE FORD
CEO, Conscious Capital
MISSY FRANKLIN
Olympic Swimmer
MICHAEL FRANTI
Musician
TIM FREUNDLICH
Founder, Impact Assets
GORDON FULLER
Nephew of Buckminster Fuller
ROBERT FULTON
CEO, Global Leadership Foundation
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ALISON G
Founder, Synchronistory
RON GARAN
Astronaut
ARAFAT GATABAZI
Congolese Refugee, ocean swimmer
LAURA GIADOROU-KOCH
Founder, Women4Solutions
FRENE GINWALA
Speaker of South African Parliament
FLAMINIA GIOVANELLI
Highest Ranking Woman in the Vatican
OLIVIER GIRARD
Co-Founder, Le Ciel Foundation
JEROME GLENN
Futurist
DAVID GOLDBLATT
Photographer
PAM GOLDING
Founder, Pam Golding Property
JANE GOODALL
Environmental Activist
RICK GOODMAN
Transformational Speaker
NADINE GORDIMER
Writer, Political Activist
DAVID GOSWICK
Founder, Houze
LANCE GOULD
Founder, Brooklyn Story Lab
VICTORIA GRAF
Professor, Loyola Marymount University
STEDMAN GRAHAM
Author, Speaker, Educator
KIM & JASON GRAHAM-NYE
Founders, gDiapers
JONATHAN GRANOFF
President, Global Security Institute
AJ GRANT
President, Environmental Communications Associates
WILLIAM GREEN
Author, speaker
JEN GRESHAM
Moonshot Coach
TANNI GREY-THOMPSON
Paralympian, Member of the House of Lords
MATTHEW GRIFFEN
Founder, Combat Flip Flops
FRAN GRIFFITHS
Executive Coach
AJ GRANT
President, Environmental Communications Associates
CHRISTA GYORI
Co-Founder, Leaders on Purpose
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BRYAN HABANA
Springbok Rugby Player
JOANNA HALL
Director, US Coalition on Sustainability
GEORGE HALLETT
Photographer
MIA HANAK
Founder, Millenium Art
HERBIE HANCOCK
Jazz Musician
DEREK HANDLEY
Founding CEO, The B Team
CHRIS HANSMEYER
Managing Director, Greater Pacific Capital
JACOB HARB
General Manager, BMWi North America
STEVEN HARTMAN
Founder, BRIDGES Sustainable Science Coalition
ACHMAT HASSIEM
“Shark Boy,” UN Marine Guardian
LORD MICHAEL HASTINGS
Global Head of Corporate Citizenship KPMG
ED HAWKINS
Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading
STEPHEN HAWKINS
Global Director of Research, More in Common
IRENE HELL
Founder, Friends in Media
REBECCA HENDERSON
Harvard Professor
DEIDRE HENDRICKS
Head Communications, Cape Town Int. Airport
ORLY HINDI
Aquamarine Capital Management
KRISTIINA HIUKKA
Executive Leadership Coach
MACHIEL HOEK
Author, The Girl Who Changed the World
REBECCA HOFFBERGER
Founder, American Visionary Art Museum
WILLIE HOFMEYER
National Prosecuting Authority, South Africa
PABLOS HOLMAN
Hacker, Futurist, Inventor
JONATHAN HOLTZMAN
Founder, Holtzman Wildlife Foundation
RANI HONG
CEO, Freedom Seal
MIKE HORN
Extreme Adventurer
SELENA HUNTER
Chief Media Officer, Kathy Ireland Worldwide
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MIGUEL INDURAIN
Olympic Cyclist
JIM IVERSEN
CEO, SEN-JAM Pharmaceuticals
J
JULIA JACKSON
Founder, Grounded
GARTH JACKSON
Master Chair, Vistage
GARRY JACOBS
President, World Academy of Art and Science
JESS JACOBS
Filmmaker, Actress
TIM JAHNIGEN
Founder, One World Futbol
DIRK JANSSEN
Consular-General of the Netherlands, USA
VIGDIS JOHANNSDOTTIR
Chief Marketing Officer, Iceland
MICHAEL JOHNSON
Oylmpic Athlete
TAMARA JOHNSON
Founder, WINKIAW Institute
DR WILLIE JOLLEY
Hall of Fame Speaker
LORD DIGBY JONES
Former Minister of State for Trade Policy, UK
HANNAH JONES
CEO, The Earthshot Prize
REED JULES OPPENHEIMER
Reed Jules Oppenheimer Foundation
FRANK JURGEN-RICHTER
Founder, Horasis
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TATJANA KAZAKOVA
Co-Founder, Leaders on Purpose
JOHN KEEGAN
Chairman, Edison Innovation Foundation
JIM KENEFICK
CEO, BetterWorld Technology
WILL KENNEDY
UN Office For Partnerships
ILYA KICHUK
Founder, EffaBrush
CRAIG KIELBURGER
Founder, WE Day
SUNG-JOO KIM
Chairperson, MCM Holding
JUSTIN KING
CEO, Sainsbury’s
MARTIN LUTHER KING III
Social Activist
LISE KINGO
CEO, United Nations Global Compact
DONATO KINIGER-PASSIGLI
VP, World Academy of Art and Science
GARY KIRSTEN
Head Coach, Pakistan National Cricket Team
AUDREY KITAGAWA
Founder, Int. Academy for Multicultural Cooperation
FRANK KITCHEN
Motivational Speaker
MIKI KITTILSON
Vice Dean, College of Global Futures at ASU
SIR ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON
World’s First Circumnavigator
LIZ KOHLER
Founder, Nexion Solutions
NIKANDRE KOPKE
Mazi Mas Restaurant, London
JOHN KOUDOUNIS
CEO, Founder, Calamos Investments
PROF. PHOEBE KOUNDOURI
Economics Professor, Athens University
TODD KRIM
Founder, The Krim Group
HITOMI KUBO
UN Human Security Trust Fund
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HUGO LAMBRECHTS
Private Wealth Management
BRIAN LAYER
Partner, RL Leaders
IVANA LAZAROVSKI
Senior Advisor for Serbia & Western Balkans
SCOTT LAZERSON
Special Economic Advisor to the President of Palau
MEGAN LEE
CEO, Panasonic North America
ANNIE LEONARD
Executive Director, Greenpeace USA
SHAWN LESSER
Founder, The Real Mental Health Foundation
DEBBIE LEVIN
CEO, Environmental Media Association
RAY LEWIS
American Football Player
CATHY LEWIS
Owner, CS Lewis Publicists
OKENDO LEWIS-GAYLE
Founder, Harambeans
PAUL LIGHTFOOT
Founder, BrightFarms
KENT & BRETTA LINDVALL
Treehotel, Sweden
PAVEL LUKSHA
Co-Founder, U4Earth
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CARLOS MADJRI SANVEE
Secretary General, World YMCA
MAIREAD MAGUIRE
Nobel Peace Laureate
MAC MAHARAJ
South African Minister of Transport
KATHERINE MAHER
CEO, Wikimedia Foundation
SIMON MAINWARING
CEO, We First, Author
MIRIAM MAKEBA
Singer, songwriter, actress
TREVOR MANUEL
South African Minister of Finance
MARLA MAPLES
Actress and TV Personality
AGNES MARIAM DE LA CROIX
Mother Superior of Syria
LISA MARIE
Director, Brave Road Entertainment
LOU MARINOFF
Professor Philosophy, NY City College
RENÉE MAUBORGNE
Co-Founder, The Blue Ocean Strategy
JACKIE MAY
Founder, Twyg
MIKE MAY
Navigation Technology Advisor
LUKAS MAYRL
Head of Brand Communications, Red Bull
BALEKA MBETE
Speaker of South African Parliament
TITO MBOWENI
Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
TOBY MCCARTNEY
Founder, MacRebur Roads
EMILIE MCGLONE
Director, Peace Boat US
MACKEY MCNEILL
Founder, Mackey
DARLENE MEA
Founder, Hempington Post
CHRISTINE MEIKLE
Director, Consumer Electronics Show
MAURICIO MEJIA
Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
JULIAN MELCK
Farmer, Aviator, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
BERI MERIC
Founder, IVY
JULIAN MICHAEL
Numerologist
SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
RICK MILLER
Business Professor, Bentley University
JON MILLER
Partner, Advancit Capital
BRENDEN MILLSTEIN
Founder, Carbon Lighthouse
REBECCA MINKOFF
Fashion Designer
REBECCA MIRSKY
Owner, Rebecca Mirsky Consulting
SOPHIE MONPEYSSEN
Co-Founder, Le Ciel Foundation
LETIZIA MORATTI
Former Mayor, Milan
LIZ MORRIS
Editor, House & Garden magazine
EDWIN MOSES
Olympic Athlete
BENITA MOSLEY
CEO, Laureus USA, Olympic Athlete
MEHRNAZ MOSTAFAVI
Head, UN Trust Fund for Human Security
FRED MOUAWAD
CEO, Mouawad
XAVIER MUFRAGGI
CEO, YPO
DHIRAJ MUKHERJEE
Co-Founder, Shazam
RAO MULPURI
CEO, View Inc.
HUGH MURRAY
Founder, Leadership Magazine
ALAN MURRAY
CEO, Fortune Media
ELVIRA MUSERI
Founder, Andara Travel
MIKE MYATT
CEO Coach
PAUL LIGHTFOOT
Founder, BrightFarms
HANNES MYBURGH
Owner, Meerlust Wine Estate
CHAELI MYCROFT
International Kid’s Peace Prize Winner
ZELDA MYCROFT
CEO, Chaeli Campaign
SUSAN MYERS
VP, United Nations Foundation
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LUC NADIER
Founder, Safee
NEERAN NAIDOO
Assistant to the Speaker, South African Parliament
SHANAAZ NASSER
Director, YPO Deal Network
BARUANI NDUME
Congolese Refugee, Radio Host
RYK NEETHLING
Olympic Swimmer
DANIEL NEIDITCH
President, The Atelier Condo NYC
NEBOJŠA NEŠKOVIĆ
President, Serbian Chapter of the Club of Rome
THOMAS NG
Founder, Genashtim
LADUMA NGXOKOLO
Fashion Designer
TIM NOAKES
Professor, Science and Sports Medicine
JESSICA NORDLANDER
COO, ThoughtExchange
RANDY NORTON
MD, Green Mesa Capital
ROY NOTOWITZ
Founder, Noto Group
BILL NYE
The Science Guy
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NICK O’DONOHOE
CEO, Big Capital Society
DR NANCY O’REILLY
Founder, Women Connect4Good
ANDRÉ ODENDAAL
Director, Robben Island Museum
HRH PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO
Sovereign of Monaco
PRINCESS BEATRICE OF YORK
Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter
TOYIN OJORA SARAKI
Founder, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa
NGEDIKES OLAI ULUDONG
Permanent Representative of Palau to the UN
CHARLES OPPENHEIMER
Robert Oppenheimer’s Grandson
JAMES ORBINSKI
President, Doctors Without Borders
MELISSA OROZCO
Founder, Yulu PR
DENNIS OVERTON
Founder, Aquascot
KEN OWEN
Editor, Sunday Times
DR MEHMET OZ
TV Personality, Politician
P
ASH PACHAURI
Founder, Protect Our Planet Movement
DAN PALLATTA
Author, Humanitarian Activist
LEFTERIS PAPAGIANNAKIS
Vice Mayor for Migrant and Refugee Affairs, Athens
QUEEN CAMILLA PARKER-BOWLES
Queen of England
TENDAI PASIPANODYA
Director, Endeva
KETAN PATEL
Founder, Force For Good
GERALDINE PATRICK ENCINA
Otomi Council of the High Lerma River Basin
MATT PATSKY
CEO, Trillium Asset Management
ANNE PELED
Breast Cancer Surgeon
ADAM PENNY
Co-Founder, The Beautiful Truth
RICK PEREZ
Founder, Avangard Innovative
MEREDITH PERRY
Scientist, Founder, uBeam
BERTRAND PICCARD
Swiss Explorer, Founder, Solar Impulse
GARY PLAYER
Golfer
KIM POLMAN
Co-Founder, Reboot the Future
MILA POPOVICH
Director General Interculturalism, Government of Montenegro
HUGO PORTA
Argentinian Rugby Player
RADISLAV POTYRAILO
Principal Scientist, GE Research
NANCY PRAGER-KAMEL
Artist, Chairman, Association of Foreign Correspondents
ANNE PRATT
Founder, Nelson Mandela Leadership Course
HANLI PRINSLOO
Founder, I am Water
NINA PRONIN
Officer, United Nations
LEWIS PUGH
Extreme Ice Swimmer
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VIQUAR QUERISHI
Prosthetic Limb Innovator
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LUCAS RADEBE
Captain, Leeds United
RAJAH RAJAMANNAR
Chief Marketing Officer, MasterCard
JANANI RAMANATHAN
Secretary-General, World Academy of Art and Science
MIRIDULA RAMESH
Author
SALLY RANNEY
Co-Founder, Global Choices
JULIA RAPHAELI
CEO, Associated Media Publishing
SAMEER RAWJEE
Co-Founder, O School
ELIZABETH REES-JONES
MD, Conde Nast Independent Magazines
VINCENT REID
Chairman of Surgery, Hall Perrine Cancer Center
GREG REITMAN
Founder, Blue Water Entertainment
INGE RELPH
Co-Founder, Global Choices
TOMMY REMENGESAU
Former President, Palau
JOHN REPLOGLE
Partner, One Better Ventures
CARMEN REVIRIEGO
Spanish Art Consultant
CAMILO RIVERA
Band member, Consulado Popular
TONY ROBBINS
Motivational Speaker
LAURA ROBERTS
CEO, Pantheon Chemicals
JUSTIN ROCKEFELLER
Co-Founder, The Impact
JOHN ROGERS
Founder, RL Leaders
HENK ROGERS
Founder, Blue Planet Alliance
JAMES ROSEBUSH
Speaking Coach to Ronald Reagan and Queen Elizabeth II
BARRY ROSEN
Breast Surgeon Oncologist
XIUHTEZCATL ROSKE-MARTINEZ
Environmental Activist, Hip Hop Artist
LINDA ROTTENBERG
CEO, Endeavor
BRIAN RUSCH
Tutu Foundation USA
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MARK SADOVNICK
Managing Partner, 5th Element Group
SHERYL SANDBERG
Entrepreneur
MICHAEL SANDER
Entrepreneur
PHILIP SANTORA
Director, New York Road Runners
TAMMY SCARLETT
Executive Director, UNIFY the World
PETER SCHLOSSER
German Physicist, Planetary Scientist
HEIDI SCHOENECK
Founder, Grounded World
CARO SCHULTZ
Co-Founder, O School
BEVERLEY SCHWARTZ
Strategic Advisor, Ashoka
GREGG SEGAL
Photographer
MONICA SELES
Tennis Player
MARK SERRA
Creative Director
JOHN SEYDEL
Director of Sustainability, City of Atlanta
MORRISON SHAFROTH
MD, Peaks Strategies
AMEERA SHAH
Founder, Metropolis Healthcare
JONATHAN SHAPIRO
Cartoonist
GARY SHAPIRO
CEO, The Consumer Technology Association
JAY SHETTY
Influencer, Life Coach
TIM SHRIVER
Chairman, Special Olympics
ELAN SHUKER
Head of Series Development, BBC
OLTMANN SIEMENS
Representative, World Bank
MARY SIGMOND
Content Strategist, YPO
JACK SIM
Founder, World Toilet Day
PETER SIMEK
Social Impact Strategist
CONTESSA SIMONETTA BRANDOLINI
Founder, Friends of Florence
AMANDEEP SINGH GILL
UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology
YAEL SIVI
Founder, Collaborative Coaching
JEFF SKOLL
Founder, Skoll Foundation
PIPPA SKOTNES
Artist
THOMAS SLAVIN
Chief Medical Officer, Myriad Genetics
GREG SMITH
Goldman Sachs Whistleblower
ROBERT SMITH
Founder, Conscious Capital
KUNAL SOOD
Founder, We The Planet
GUY SPIER
Founder, Aquamarine Capital
SKYLAR STECKER
Singer, Songwriter, Actress
LARA STEIN
Founder, TEDx
ANTHONY STEPHAN
Cornerstone Holdings, Beirut
DAVE STEWARD
Co-Founder, FW de Klerk Foundation
ROD STEWART
Musician
WALT STINSON
Founder, ListenUp
ALAN STOLIER
Professor of Surgery, Tulane School of Medicine
SHARON STONE
Actress
NATHALIE STRENG
Director US Operations, XCOR Space Expeditions
DEVAKANNI SUBRAMANIAN
CEO, SpellBee International
SYED SULTAN AHMED
MD, International Kids Film Festival
JOLLY SWAG
Scholar, CEO, Athlete, Motivational Speaker
ALBERTUS SWANEPOEL
Fashion Designer
BENN SWANN
Founder, Truth in Media Project
MATTHEW SWIFT
Founder, Concordia
T
YUKIO TAKASU
UN Secretary-General Special Adviser on Human Security
TATIANA TARNOWSKI
Co-Founder, Leaders on Purpose
WALT TAYLOR
Former President, American Society of Breast Surgeons
JASON TEITLER
Global Communications, Special Olympics
CHRIS TEMPLE
Co-Founder, Living On One
PETER TER KULVE
President, Unilever
SAMANTHA THOMAS
Executive Director, DreamChange
DALEY THOMSON
Olympic Decathlon Athlete
SIDNEY THURSTON
Director, Global Science and Tech EarthX
LOLA TILL
Uzbekistan Ambassador to UNESCO
GUY TILLIM
Photographer
SHAUN TOMSON
Surfing Pioneer
CHRISTOPHER TROTT
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Holy See
GLEB TSIPURSKY
CEO, Disaster Avoidance Experts
KEITH TUFFLEY
Polar & Oceans Explorer
LAURA TURNER SEYDEL
Director, Turner Foundations
DESMOND TUTU
Archbishop Emeritus
THANDEKA TUTU-GXASHE
Desmond Tutu’s Daughter
V
AMBER VALLETA
Actress, Producer, Model
FRANK VAN CAPELLE
Global Learning Innovation Hub UNICEF
MARCEL VAN DER WATT
SVP, National Center on Sexual Exploitation
ERNST VAN DYK
Paralympic Athlete
JIM VAN EERDEN
Partner, Fusion Cyber
MARCO VAN EMBDEN
Founder, Timeless Africa Safaris
DEAN VAN LEEUWEN
Futurist
MIKE VAN PATTEN
Founder, Mission Markets
MARTHINUS VAN SCHALKWYK
South African High Commissioner to Australia
PAUL VAN ZYL
Co-Founder, Maiyet
LOUIS VENTURELLI
Youth Officer, World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
FELIPE VERGARA
Founder, Lumni
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MIKE WALSH
Global Futurist
ANDY WALSHE
Human Potential Scientist
THUBTEN WANGCHEN SHERPA
The Dalai Lama’s European representative
PETER WARD
Natural History Museum
DR MARGIE WARELL
Keynote Speaker
CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON
Ocean Activist
LAURIE WAYBURN
President, Pacific Forest Trust
OLIVER WAYMAN
Co-Founder, Bottletop
HENRIETTE WEBER
Director, Sustania
KRESSE WESLING
Founder, Elvis & Kresse
SPENCER WEST
Disability Advocate
FOREST WHITAKER
Actor
WIM WIEWEL
President, Lewis & Clark University
MARTIN WILDERER
Board Advisors AG
TOPHER WILKINS
CEO, Opportunity Collaboration
BETTY WILLIAMS
Nobel Peace Laureate
JOHN WILLIAMS
Chairman, US President’s Cancer Panel
JODY WILLIAMS
Founding Chair, Nobel Women’s Initiative
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Actor
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BILL WOOD
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ASHLEY WOODS
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EKATERINA ZAGLADINA
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ERICA ZEIDENBERG
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HELEN ZILLE
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DR RAINER ZITELMAN
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MONEEF ZOU’BI
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