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'''Argentina'''
 
'''Argentina'''
  
* [[Hernan Lopez]], Argentina/United States - Fox International, Fox Latin American Channels
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* [[Hernan Lopez]], Fox International, Fox Latin American Channels
  
 
'''Australia'''
 
'''Australia'''
  
* [[John Allan]], Australia - Sensis
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* [[John Allan]], Sensis
* [[Tanya Sale]], Australia - Outsource Financial
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* [[Matthew McCarron]], Lewis Land Group
* [[Jeff Weeden]], Australia - Forager Funds Management
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* [[Tanya Sale]], Outsource Financial
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* [[Jeff Weeden]], Forager Funds Management
  
 
'''Austria'''
 
'''Austria'''
  
* [[Juergen Maier]], Austria - Siemens UK
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* [[Juergen Maier]], Siemens UK
  
 
'''Canada'''
 
'''Canada'''
  
* [[Mark S. Bonham]], Canada - BPI Financial Corporation, Strategic Value Corporation
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* [[Mark S. Bonham]], BPI Financial Corporation, Strategic Value Corporation
* [[David Clemmer]], Canada - Judy Inc.
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* [[David Clemmer]], Judy Inc.
* [[Heather Conway]], Canada - Edelman Canada
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* [[Heather Conway]], Edelman Canada
* [[Mark Johnston]], Canada - Fusion Television
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* [[Dax Dasilva]], Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
* [[Ken Popert]], Canada - Pink Triangle Press
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* [[David Furnish]], Rocket Entertainment Group
* [[Jaime Watt]], Canada - Navigator Ltd.
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* [[Renee Gagnon]], Emerald Health, HollyWeed North Cannabis Inc.
* [[Massey Whiteknife]], Canada - ICEIS Safety
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* [[Heward Grafftey]], SafetySense
* [[Dave Wilkin]], Canada - Redwood Strategic
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* [[Mark Johnston]], Fusion Television
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* [[Ken Popert]], Pink Triangle Press
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* [[Mandy Rennehan]], Freshco
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* [[Brandon Truaxe]], Decieme
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* [[Jaime Watt]], Navigator Ltd.
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* [[Massey Whiteknife]], ICEIS Safety
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* [[Dave Wilkin]], Redwood Strategic
  
 
'''Denmark'''
 
'''Denmark'''
  
* [[Tommy Ahlers]], Denmark - ZYB, Podio
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* [[Tommy Ahlers]], ZYB, Podio
  
 
'''France'''
 
'''France'''
  
* [[Jean-Jacques Aillagon]], France - TV5Monde
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* [[Jean-Jacques Aillagon]], TV5Monde
* [[Jean-Paul Cluzel]], France, Radio France Internationale, Radio France
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* [[Laurent Claquin]], Tomas Maier
* [[Sue Nabi]], France - Orveda/Lancome/L'Oreal
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* [[Jean-Paul Cluzel]], Radio France Internationale, Radio France
* [[Donald Potard]], France - Jean-Paul Gaultier, Marchpole Holdings
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* [[Sue Nabi]], Orveda/Lancome/L'Oreal
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* [[Guillaume Pepy]], SNCF
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* [[Donald Potard]], Jean-Paul Gaultier, Marchpole Holdings
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'''Germany'''
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* [[Eva Kreienkamp]], Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR (BVG, Berlin's transportation network)
  
 
'''Great Britain'''
 
'''Great Britain'''
  
* [[Charles Allen]], Great Britain - Global Radio Group, ISS, 2 Sisters Food Group
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* [[Charles Allen]], Global Radio Group, ISS, 2 Sisters Food Group
* [[Christopher Bailey]], Great Britain - Burberry Group
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* [[Mark Anderson]], Connect Airways
* [[Inga Beale]], Great Britain - Lloyds of London Insurance Group
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* [[Christopher Bailey]], Burberry Group
* [[Brian Bickell]], Great Britain - Shaftesbury PLC
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* [[Inga Beale]], Lloyds of London Insurance Group
* [[Lord John Browne]], Great Britain - British Petroleum
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* [[Brian Bickell]], Shaftesbury PLC
* [[Stephen Clarke]], Great Britain - WH Smith
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* [[Lord John Browne]], British Petroleum
* [[Paul Flowers]], Great Britain - CoOp Bank
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* [[Darren Burn]], Global Out
* [[Sara Geater]], Great Britain - FreemantleMedia
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* [[Stephen Clarke]], WH Smith
* [[Tim Hely Hutchinson]], Great Britain - Hachette Publishing
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* [[Paul Flowers]], CoOp Bank
* [[David Hynam]], Great Britain - BUPA
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* [[Sara Geater]], FreemantleMedia
* [[Stephen Jacques]], Great Britain - Key Assets - The Children's Services Provider
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* [[Robyn Grew]], MAN Group
* [[Jeffrey Kofman]], Canada/Great Britain - Trint
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* [[Tim Hely Hutchinson]], Hachette Publishing
* [[Thomas Lawson]], Great Britain - FTB Lawson Ltd.
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* [[David Hynam]], BUPA
* [[Scott McGregor]], Great Britain - Camco Clean Energy PLC
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* [[Stephen Jacques]], Key Assets - The Children's Services Provider
* [[Mark McNulty]], Great Britain - JLT Investment Management Ltd.  
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* [[Jeffrey Kofman]], Trint
* [[Tim Millward]], Great Britain - Extrastaff Limited
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* [[Thomas Lawson]], FTB Lawson Ltd.
* [[Tracy Myhill]], Great Britain - Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
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* [[Scott McGregor]], Camco Clean Energy PLC
* [[Paul Reed]], Great Britain - BP IST
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* [[Mark McNulty]], JLT Investment Management Ltd.  
* [[Iain Renwick]], Great Britain - Liberty department store
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* [[Tim Millward]], Extrastaff Limited
* [[Gary Stolkin]], Great Britain - The Talent Business
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* [[Tracy Myhill]], Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
* [[Andrew Swaffield]], Great Britain - Monarch Airlines Group
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* [[Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall]], Outernet Global
* [[Robert Taylor]], Great Britain - Kleinwort Benson Private Banking
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* [[Paul Reed]], BP IST
* [[Derek Walker]], Great Britain - Wales Cooperative Centre
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* [[Iain Renwick]], Liberty department store
* [[Sarah Weir]], Great Britain - Aldsgate Group
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* [[David Shelley]], Hachette Publishing
* [[Stephen Whitehead]], Great Britain - ABPI (The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries)
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* [[Andrew Swaffield]], Monarch Airlines Group
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* [[Robert Taylor]], Kleinwort Benson Private Banking
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* [[Derek Walker]], Wales Cooperative Centre
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* [[Sarah Weir]], Aldsgate Group
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* [[Stephen Whitehead]], ABPI (The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries)
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* [[Julie Wilson]], Optimus Cards Group
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'''Greece'''
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* [[Nikos Morantis]], Travel by Interest
  
 
'''Ireland'''
 
'''Ireland'''
  
* [[Alan Joyce]], Ireland - Quantas Airways
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* [[Alan Joyce]], Quantas Airways
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* [[Martin Shanahan]], IDA Ireland
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'''Japan'''
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* [[Moriaki Kida]], Ernst & Young Japan
  
 
'''Spain'''
 
'''Spain'''
  
* [[Jesus Encinar]], Spain - Idealista.com
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* [[Alfonso Cobo]], Unfold
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* [[Jesus Encinar]], Idealista.com
  
 
'''Sweden'''
 
'''Sweden'''
  
* [[Peter Arvai]], Sweden - Prezi
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* [[Peter Arvai]], Prezi
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'''Thailand'''
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* [[Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip]], JKN Global Products Public Company Limited
  
 
'''The Netherlands'''
 
'''The Netherlands'''
  
* [[Sander van 't Noordende]], Netherlands - Accenture  
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* [[Sander van 't Noordende]], Ranstad NV, Accenture  
  
 
'''United States'''
 
'''United States'''
  
* [[Zel Anders]], United States - Tomboy Tailors
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* [[George Arison]], GrindR
* [[Michael Belkin]], United States - Distinc..t
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* [[Sam Altman]], OpenAI
* [[Sue Black]], United States - Milwaukee Wave
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* [[Zel Anders]], Tomboy Tailors
* [[Sharon Brackett]], United States - Tiresias Technologies
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* [[Diane Anderson-Minshall]], Pride Media
* [[Harlan Bratcher]], United States - Reed Krakoff, A/X Armani Exchange
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* [[Susan Arnold]], Proctor & Gamble
* [[Michelle Brooke-Marciniak]], United States - SHEEX, Inc.
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* [[Michael Belkin]], Distinc..t
* [[Trevor Burgess]], United States - C1 Bank
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* [[Riese Bernard]], Autostraddle
* [[Natasha Case]], United States - Coolhaus (ice cream products company)
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* [[Sue Black]], Milwaukee Wave
* [[Demion Clinco]], United States - Frontier Consulting Group, Inc.
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* [[David Bohnett]] - GeoCities, Baroda Ventures
* [[Paul Colichman]], United States - Here! Media
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* [[Sharon Brackett]], Tiresias Technologies
* [[Chip Conley]], United States - Joe de Vivre Hospitality
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* [[Harlan Bratcher]], Reed Krakoff, A/X Armani Exchange
* [[Tim Cook]], United States - Apple Inc.
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* [[Michelle Brooke-Marciniak]], SHEEX, Inc.
* [[Barry Diller]], United States - IAC/Interactive Corp, Expedia Inc.
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* [[Zach Buchwald]], Russell Investments
* [[Amy Errett]], United States - Madison Reed, Olivia
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* [[Trevor Burgess]], Neptune Flood Insurance, C1 Bank
* [[James Fitterling]], United States - Dow Chemical Company
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* [[Martha Michele Burns]], Mercer, Marsh & McLennan
* [[Beth Ford]], United States - Land'O Lakes, Inc.
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* [[Elizabeth Burr]], Rite Aid
* [[Tim Gill]], United States - Quark; Gill Action Fund
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* [[Michael C. Camunez]], CEO Monarch Global Strategies
* [[Robert Greenblatt]], United States - NBC Entertainment
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* [[Sarah Carson]], Leota (women's wear fashion)
* [[Jason Grenfell-Gardner]], United States - IGI Laboratories
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* [[Natasha Case]], Coolhaus (ice cream products company)
* [[Robert Hanson]], United States - John Hardy Inc, American Eagle Outfitters
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* [[Demion Clinco]], Frontier Consulting Group, Inc.
* [[Chris McCarthy]], United States - MTV/VH1/Logo
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* [[James Cole Jr.]], Jasco
* [[Kevin McClatchy]], United States - Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club
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* [[Paul Colichman]], Here! Media
* [[Henry Munoz III]], United States - Munoz & Company
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* [[Chip Conley]], Joe de Vivre Hospitality
* [[Jennifer Pritzker]], United States - Tawani Enterprises
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* [[Tim Cook]], Apple Inc.
* [[Tom Rielly]], United States - PlanetOut
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* [[Ruth Crowell]], London Bullion Market Association
* [[Rich Ross]], United States - Discover Channel, Shine America, Walt Disney Studios
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* [[Barry Diller]], IAC/Interactive Corp, Expedia Inc.
* [[Martine Rothblatt]], United States - United Therapeutics
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* [[Daniel Duty]], Conlego
* [[Jeffrey Schwarz]], United States - Automat Pictures
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* [[Amy Errett]], Madison Reed, Olivia
* [[Lauren Scott]], United States - Alkcon Corporation
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* [[James Fitterling]], Dow Chemical Company
* [[Darrell Silver]], United States - Thinkful
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* [[Beth Ford]], Land'O Lakes, Inc.
* [[Joel Simkhai]], United States - Grindr
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* [[Jeff Gennette]], Macy's, Inc.
* [[Peter Sisson]], United States - Line2
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* [[Tim Gill]], Quark; Gill Action Fund
* [[Megan Smith]], United States - PlanetOut
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* [[Robert Greenblatt]], NBC Entertainment
* [[Theresa Sparks]], United States - Good Vibrations
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* [[Jason Grenfell-Gardner]], IGI Laboratories
* [[Christine Svendsen]], United States - Sapphire Books
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* [[Robert Hanson]], John Hardy Inc, American Eagle Outfitters
* [[Peter Thiel]], United States - PayPal
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* [[Paul Hastings]], Nkarta Therapeutics
* [[Rick Welts]], United States - Phoenix Suns Basketball Team
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* [[Ari Hoffman]], Ted Baker, Scotch & Soda, Benetton, Gant
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* [[Moj Mahdara]], Beautycon Media
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* [[Rose Marcario]], Patagonia
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* [[Chris McCarthy]], MTV/VH1/Logo
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* [[Kevin McClatchy]], Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club
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* [[Jonathan Mildenhall]], TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
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* [[Henry Munoz III]], Munoz & Company
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* [[Ken Ohashi]], Brooks Brothers
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* [[Irma Olguin Jr.]], Bitwise Industries
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* [[Lisa Padilla]], Beryl Therapeutics
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* [[Jennifer Pritzker]], Tawani Enterprises
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* [[Jana Rich]], Rich Talent Group
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* [[Tom Rielly]], PlanetOut
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* [[Tanisha Robinson]], W*nder
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* [[Rich Ross]], Discover Channel, Shine America, Walt Disney Studios
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* [[Martine Rothblatt]], United Therapeutics
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* [[Angela Ruggiero]], Sports Innovation Lab
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* [[Joseph Schneier]], Trusty.care
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* [[Tristan Schukraft]], MISTR (telemedicine)
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* [[Jeffrey Schwarz]], Automat Pictures
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* [[Lauren Scott]], Alkcon Corporation
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* [[Paul Sekhri]], eGenesis
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* [[Laura Shawver]], Silverback Therapeutics
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* [[Jim Shreve]], Baccarat North America
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* [[Darrell Silver]], Thinkful
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* [[Joel Simkhai]], Grindr
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* [[Peter Sisson]], Line2
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* [[Megan Smith]], PlanetOut
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* [[Myrna Soto]], Apogee Executive Advisors
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* [[Theresa Sparks]], Good Vibrations
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* [[Gary Steele]], Splunk, Portera
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* [[Christine Svendsen]], Sapphire Books
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* [[Alicia Syrett]], Pantegrion Capital LLC
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* [[Peter Thiel]], PayPal
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* [[Wayne Ting]], Lime (electric vehicle company)
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* [[Geoffroy van Raemdonck]], Nieman Marcus Bergdorf Goodman
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* [[Raymond Watt]], Omnislash, Inc.
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* [[Rick Welts]], Phoenix Suns Basketball Team
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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* [[Noteworthy LGBTQ Individuals in the Accounting Profession]]
 
* [[Noteworthy LGBTQ Individuals in the Accounting Profession]]
 
* [[Human Resource Professionals Who Are LGBTQ]]
 
* [[Human Resource Professionals Who Are LGBTQ]]
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* [[Marketing Professionals Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[Prominent LGBTQ Philanthropists and Donors]]
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* [[LGBTQ Billionaires]]
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* [[LGBTQ Venture Capitalists and Startup Advisors]]
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* [[LGBTQ Bankers]]
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* [[Investment and Wealth Management and the LGBTQ Community]]
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* [[Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Officers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[The LGBTQ Presence in the Insurance Industry]]
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* [[Transgender Business Leaders]]
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* [[LGBTQ Chief Legal, Compliance and Risk Officers]]
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* [[Chief Operating Officers of Business Enterprises Who Are LGBTQ]]
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* [[Chamber of Commerce LGBTQ Leaders]]
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* [[Public Relations Experts From the LGBTQ Community]]
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* [[Chief of Staff Positions Held by LGBTQ Individuals]]
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* [[Auto and Transportation Experts Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 00:51, 9 April 2024

LGBTQ CEOs

History was made in 2014 when Tim Cook, the Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc, publicly announced that he was gay. He is the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to openly declare himself a member of the LGBTQ community. Tim Cook's venerable global profile ensured that his announcement became news around the world. This represented a major step forward in the both the visibility of the LGBTQ community and its fight for equality. His announcement filled a gap that existed in the advancement of LGBTQ rights around the world - the lack of an active LGBTQ business leader.

It is important to have prominent LGBTQ individuals in the business community. These individuals represent the public face of their corporations. As such, the CEOs represent the company's employees, many of whom also identify as LGBTQ - having an out CEO shows their inclusion in the organization. It also shows that one's sexual preference is not a barrier to either promotion or the ability to successfully manage a business enterprise. The confidence for a CEO to be comfortable with his/her sexual preference reveals the honesty of the individual, thereby reflecting the values inherent in the company's culture. Public disclosure shows leadership by example, an important trait in motivating others within a company.

The presence of LGBTQ Chief Executive Officers in business enterprises helps to advance the efforts for global human rights. These business enterprises operate differently from government organizations and non-profits through extensive networks of suppliers and customers. By having visible LGBTQ leadership in the organization they are sending a message to those partners that being a member of a minority group does not impair the economic functioning of the relationship that has been established.

There are many more current and past Chief Executive Officers of business companies around the world who identify as LGBTQ. These leaders represent industries such as media, technology, fashion, communications, sports, biotechnology, consulting, publishing,, finance, hospitality, manufacturing, and more. The CEOs come from Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Australia and the United States.

Argentina

  • Hernan Lopez, Fox International, Fox Latin American Channels

Australia

Austria

Canada

Denmark

France

Germany

  • Eva Kreienkamp, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR (BVG, Berlin's transportation network)

Great Britain

Greece

Ireland

Japan

Spain

Sweden

Thailand

The Netherlands

United States

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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