2012
2012 Honorees:
- Fatima Bhutto, a writer and journalist from Pakistan active in her country's politics (she is the granddaughter of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto), she has also published two volumes of poetry and contributes to Western news outlets.
- Binta Niambi Brown, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Danny Cohen, Controller of BBC One
- Rajeeb Dey, CEO of Enternships.com
- Wael Ghonim, former head of marketing for Google in the Middle East and North Africa. Ghonim played a prominent role in the Egyptian uprisings in 2011 - he was arrested by police for his administration of the Facebook page "We Are All Khaled Saleed", which helped inspire other activists. He was named by TIME Magazine as one of the most influential people of 2011.
- Drue Kataoka, Artist
- Martha Lane Fox, Co-founder of Lastminute.com
- Greg McKeown (Author), Founder and Chief Executive Officer, THIS Inc
- John Legend, an American singer-songwriter and actor.
- Jonathan Levin (economist), Professor of Economics at Stanford University
- Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Director General of the Royal Commonwealth Society
- George Stroumboulopoulos, television and radio personality at CBC Television
- Dr. Pham Minh Tuan, Chairman of TOPICA Education
- Facundo Garreton, Founder & CEO, Invertir Online
- Rajamanohar Somasundaram, Founder & CEO, Hexolabs Interactive
- Ashwin Naik, Founder & CEO, Vaatsalya Healthcare
- Abhishek Gupta, MD, Trident Ltd
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