Forum of Young Global Leaders

BusinessWeek's Bruce Nussbaum describes the Young Global Leaders as "the most exclusive private social network in the world", while the organization itself describes the selected leaders as representing "the voice for the future and the hopes of the next generation".

Representing 70 different nations, Young Global Leaders are nominated by alumni to serve six-year terms and are subject to veto during the selection process. Candidates must be younger than 40 years old at the time of acceptance (meaning active YGLs are 46 and younger), and highly accomplished in their fields.

Over the years, honorees have included hundreds of noteworthy people, including several popular celebrities, alongside recognized high achievers and innovators in the realms of politics, business, academia, media, and the arts. Famous members and alumni of the Young Global Leaders include Alibaba founder Jack Ma, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Anderson Cooper, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, German Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, composer and poet Lera Auerbach, as well as acclaimed filmmakers and visual artists Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and Ólafur Elíasson.

In 2007, Young Global Leaders initiated a program called Table for Two and aimed at preventing both malnutrition in developing countries and obesity in developed ones.

In 2010, Young Global Leader and founder Jimmy Wales and Operation HOPE founder John Hope Bryant (another Young Global Leader) joined Karim Hajj, president of the , to form the -Operation HOPE Global Money Initiative, which translated a curriculum of personal financial empowerment into local North African dialects of French and Arabic.

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