The World Economic Forum (WEF) (a private enterprise founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab) started Global Leaders for Tomorrow school in 1992, which was re-established in 2004 as the Young Global Leaders (YGL) program.  Attendees must apply for admission and are then subjected to a rigorous selection process. [7, 8, 9]

The program is commitment is to “improving the state of the world”, which means grooming their acolytes and helping them “penetrate” positions of influence and government around the world. [4, 5, 6]

The first class had in it Angela Merkel, Bill Gates, later Aznar (former Spanish PM), Macron, Jens Spaan, Justin Trudeau and Jacinda Ardern. [1, 2]

  • Who’s who of the WEF YGL – HERE
  • 2006 – 2019 Wikipedia list of YGL and alumni which was deleted in 2020. [3]
  • Dr Malone summarises YGL [6], access list from HERE
  • Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel was elected a 2009 Young Global Leader [10]