{"id":1733903,"date":"2022-11-10T14:03:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T19:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733903"},"modified":"2022-11-10T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T19:33:15","slug":"who-are-the-world-economic-forums-young-global-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-are-the-world-economic-forums-young-global-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are the World Economic Forum&#8217;s &#8220;Young Global Leaders&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwho-are-the-world-economic-forums-young-global-leaders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733903&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/article_WEF_YGL.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"advertisment pb-5 text-center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"advertisment pb-5 text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                When all seven leaders of the G7 nations parroted the same \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d slogan during the heart of the Covid-19 lockdowns, it became clear that it was long past time to pay close attention to the one relevant common denominator between them: the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<p>The same thing goes for business leaders \u2013 all three CEOs of the three American pharmaceutical companies that developed a Covid-19 vaccine are frequent Davos attendees. But even beyond Covid-19, the same can be said about the next \u201ccurrent thing\u201d \u2013 the Russia-Ukraine war \u2013 in which the leaders of both countries have had a relationship with the WEF.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the issue of the day, the most prominent individuals involved \u2013 across different sectors of society and across the political spectrum \u2013 almost always have current or past ties to the WEF.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of ways in which politicians, corporate executives, journalists, academics and even celebrities are linked to the WEF. At minimum, one may attend WEF\u2019s bourgie conference in Davos, where the ultra-elite gather annually to discuss how they will finally usher in the long-awaited utopia by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldeconomicforum\/videos\/10153920524981479\/\">taking away our property rights<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2022\/02\/how-insects-positively-impact-climate-change\/\">feeding us bugs<\/a>. But attending Davos, as sinister as that may be on its face, is still the most elementary form of involvement with the WEF that one can have \u2013 there are other more participatory roles.<\/p>\n<p>For example, some specific attendees \u2013\u00a0including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/henry-a-kissinger\">Henry Kissinger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/william-j-clinton\">Bill Clinton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/anthony-s-fauci\">Anthony Fauci<\/a> \u2013 are listed as members. And beyond that, WEF denotes others \u2013 often those who speak at Davos and have an influence on WEF policies \u2013 as \u201cAgenda Contributors.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/donald-j-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/xi-jinping\">Xi Jinping<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/georgesoros\">George Soros<\/a>, Pfizer CEO<b> <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/albert-bourla\">Albert Bourla<\/a>, Bank of America CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/brian-t-moynihan\">Brian Moynihan<\/a>, transhumanist author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/yuval-harari\">Yuval Noah Harari<\/a>, State Street CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/ronald-p-ohanley\">Ron O\u2019Hanley<\/a> and BlackRock CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/larry-fink\">Larry Fink<\/a> \u2013 who also sits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/about\/leadership-and-governance\">on WEF&#8217;s board<\/a> \u2013 are Agenda Contributors.<\/p>\n<p>But both of those roles pale in comparison to graduates of WEF\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/vision-and-mission\">Young Global Leaders<\/a>\u201d (YGL) program, which is not some fancy public conference like Davos, but rather a private, instructional multi-year seminar. While some merely attend Davos and others \u201ccontribute\u201d to its agenda, YGL graduates are actually trained in the WEF worldview (and usually earlier in their careers, hence the name of the program).<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most powerful people alive have completed this program. World leaders such as<b> <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AoBRnrtX9U4\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AoBRnrtX9U4\">Justin Trudeau<\/a>,<b> <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/community?utf8=%E2%9C%93&#038;q=macron&#038;x=0&#038;y=0&#038;status=&#038;class_year=&#038;sector=&#038;region=#results\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_First40Years_Book_2010.pdf#page=123\">Angela Merkel<\/a>, and business leaders like<b> <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131203013754\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1993.pdf\">Bill Gates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140914230101\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1998.pdf\">Jeff Bezos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120419122320\/http:\/www.weforum.org\/young-global-leaders\/mark-zuckerberg\/index.html?link=no\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051029210229\/http:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/scripts\/modules\/Profiles\/page11265.html\">Larry Page<\/a><b> <\/b>and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051029205517\/http:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/scripts\/modules\/Profiles\/page11251.html\">Sergey Brin<\/a> are all YGL alumni.<\/p>\n<p>How is it that the founders of Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, and Google all attended this one elitist training seminar? And, as mentioned, it\u2019s astonishing how many of these YGLs completed the program well before the climax of their influence. For example, Putin graduated before he became president of Russia, Page and Brin before Google became a publicly traded company, and Gates and Merkel were in the program\u2019s inaugural year back in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Since its founding in 1993 (then it was called \u201cGlobal Leaders for Tomorrow\u201d) until today, there has been a new class every year, totaling in over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/\">1,400 YGLs<\/a>. And the most recent wave of graduates is already having an impact on politics globally.<\/p>\n<p>WEF doesn\u2019t discriminate based on party \u2013 it recruits politicians from both sides. This is especially true in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190702110138\/https:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/new-class?utf8=%E2%9C%93&#038;region=a0Tb00000000DC9EAM#results\">Dan Crenshaw<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051029210132\/http:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/scripts\/modules\/Profiles\/page11263.html\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/video\/qyivgzCNmMLP\/\">Adam Kinzinger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190702110138\/https:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/new-class?utf8=%E2%9C%93&#038;region=a0Tb00000000DC9EAM#results\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110409061023\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_YGL_Honourees_2011.pdf\">Nikki Haley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ol1hh\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>, Texas Congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/community?utf8=%E2%9C%93&#038;q=allred&#038;x=0&#038;y=0&#038;status=&#038;class_year=&#038;sector=Public+Figure&#038;region=#results\">Colin Allred<\/a>, Phoenix Mayer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/community?utf8=%E2%9C%93&#038;q=gallego&#038;x=0&#038;y=0&#038;status=&#038;class_year=&#038;sector=Public+Figure&#038;region=#results\">Kate Gallego<\/a> are all YGLs. If you recognize any relatively young politicians from other nations, chances are they are also YGLs.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Trudeau, Macron, PM of New Zealand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/community?utf8=%E2%9C%93&#038;q=jacinda&#038;\">Jacinda Ardern<\/a>, PM of Finland <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200322131148\/https:\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/03\/ygl-wef-young-global-leaders\/\">Sanna Marin<\/a>, PM of Belgium <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180712214520\/http:\/www3.weforum.org:80\/docs\/WEF_AM17_Participant_List_YGL.pdf\">Alexander De Croo<\/a> and former PM of Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/community?class_year=&#038;page=2&#038;q=&#038;region=&#038;sector=Public+Figure&#038;status=\">Mamuka Bakhtadze<\/a> are all YGLs, while President of Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>, President of El Salvador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/nayib-bukele\">Nayib Bukele<\/a> and Supreme Leader of North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/kim-jong-un\">Kim Jong-Un<\/a> are unspecified WEF members. Though there is no evidence yet that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/rishi-sunak\">Rishi Sunak <\/a>\u2013 the UK\u2019s newest PM \u2013 is a YGL, he is still a WEF member, and former PMs <a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/E7AGY8IXIAgHtyG.jpg\">Boris Johnson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131203013754\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1993.pdf#page=2\">Tony Blair<\/a> are both YGL alumni.<\/p>\n<p>Given the heightened attention on the WEF over the last few years, there have been YGL graduates who denied their enrollment altogether when pressed about it. Crenshaw, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@TimcastIRL:8\/dan-crenshaw-denies-association-with:e\">claimed<\/a> that he was never contacted by the WEF and merely named by them as if YGL is an editorial list. But Crenshaw\u2019s claims contradict photos that clearly show YGL as an in-person training seminar and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160926215131\/https:\/www.weforum.org\/communities\/forum-young-global-leaders\/\">WEF\u2019s own description of the program<\/a> as follows:\n<\/p>\n<div><em>Throughout the five year programme, YGLs are fully involved in the Forum<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\u2019s meetings, initiatives and research and interact with the Forum<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\u2019s wider multistakeholder community. YGLs have a powerful role in determining the community<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\u2019s activities. They are governed by a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160926215131\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_YGL_FoundationBoard_Members.pdf\">foundation board<\/a>\u00a0of respected leaders and are managed by a dynamic team of young professionals based in Geneva and China.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>So, Crenshaw claims that the WEF simply added him to a list without his knowing while WEF asserts that Crenshaw completed a \u201cfive year programme,\u201d is \u201cgoverned by a foundation board\u201d and \u201cmanaged\u201d by a team in Geneva and China. That\u2019s a stark contrast. Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in the middle for some YGLs who may be less involved, but either way, it\u2019s alarming how many elected representatives have any ties at all to the WEF, let alone via this specific program that is designed to subvert governments around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the WEF also has its hand in media. <span class=\"None\">Some of the most recognizable commentators of the last few decades are YGL alumni. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131203013754\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1993.pdf#page=2\">George Stephanopoulos<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/53xOm\">Anderson Cooper<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051029205914\/http:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/scripts\/modules\/Profiles\/page11259.html\">Van Jones<\/a>,<span class=\"None\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120419141425\/http:\/www.weforum.org\/young-global-leaders\/andrew-r-sorkin\/index.html?link=no\">Andrew Ross Sorkin<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051029210347\/http:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/scripts\/modules\/Profiles\/page11268.html\">Bret Stephens<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120419132837\/http:\/www.weforum.org\/young-global-leaders\/ian-bremmer\/index.html?link=no\">Ian Bremmer<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/community?utf8=%E2%9C%93&#038;q=Maria+bartiromo&#038;x=0&#038;y=0&#038;status=alumni&#038;sector=&#038;region=a0Tb00000000DC9EAM\">Maria Bartiromo<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100330233103\/https:\/www.weforum.org\/docs\/YGL\/YGL2010_Honourees.pdf\">Sanjay Gupta<\/a><span class=\"None\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/community?utf8=%E2%9C%93&#038;q=leana+wen&#038;x=0&#038;y=0&#038;status=&#038;class_year=&#038;sector=&#038;region=#results\">Leana Wen<\/a><span class=\"None\"> are all YGLs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"None\">One may be inclined to think that the WEF recruits these individuals because they are prominent members of the media. Well, Stephanopoulos (Class of \u201993), Van Jones (Class of \u201805) and Leana Wen (Class of \u201818) all completed the YGL program years before they became commentators. Wen, for example, was recruited to be a YGL because of her role as a \u201cProfessor of Health Policy.\u201d And then it just so happened that when CNN needed a token Covid expert, it chose Wen out of all the health policy academics in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"None\">Notable academics and public intellectuals of the sort \u2013 \u201cthe experts\u201d so to speak \u2013 are very often YGLs. Keynesian economist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140915002450\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1995.pdf\">Paul Krugman<\/a><span class=\"None\">, \u201canti-racist\u201d grifter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/press\/2021\/03\/ygl-class-2021\/\">Ibram X. Kendi<\/a><span class=\"None\">, statistician and FiveThirtyEight founder <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210625215018\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/YGL13\/WEF_YGL13_NA_Honourees.pdf\">Nate Silver<\/a><span class=\"None\">, celeb professor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180712214520\/http:\/www3.weforum.org:80\/docs\/WEF_AM17_Participant_List_YGL.pdf\">Adam Grant<\/a><span class=\"None\"> and historian (and frequent Bilderberg attendee) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050924235931\/http:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/scripts\/modules\/Profiles\/page11255.html\">Niall Ferguson<\/a><span class=\"None\"> are all YGLs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other prominent YGL businessmen include Wikipedia founder <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120419135551\/http:\/www.weforum.org\/young-global-leaders\/jimmy-wales\/index.html?link=no\">Jimmy Wales<\/a><span class=\"None\">, Virgin Group founder <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131203013754\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1993.pdf\">Richard Branson<\/a>, <span class=\"None\">Chinese billionaire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051026075555\/http:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/scripts\/modules\/Profiles\/page11262.html\">Jack Ma<\/a><span class=\"None\">, Moderna CEO <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/stephane-bancel\">Stephane Bancel<\/a> <span class=\"None\">and Salesforce founder <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051029205517\/http:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/scripts\/modules\/Profiles\/page11251.html\">Marc Benioff<\/a><span class=\"None\"> (who is also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/about\/leadership-and-governance\">on WEF\u2019s board<\/a><span class=\"None\">).<\/span><br \/><span class=\"None\">Even being born into a powerful political families buys you a ticket to the YGL program. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210625215018\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/YGL13\/WEF_YGL13_NA_Honourees.pdf\">Chelsea Clinton<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190121184921\/http:\/widgets.weforum.org\/ygl-2018\/north-america\/\">Alexander Soros<\/a><span class=\"None\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051029210314\/http:\/www.younggloballeaders.org\/scripts\/modules\/Profiles\/page11267.html\">Nathaniel Rothschild<\/a><span class=\"None\"> are YGLs, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/ivanka-trump\">Ivanka Trump<\/a><span class=\"None\"> is an unspecified WEF member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"None\">The WEF doesn\u2019t only recruit leaders in business and politics, but also exploits the influence of cultural icons to advance its agenda. It\u2019s not a coincidence that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/53xOm\">Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a><span class=\"None\"> addressed the UN on climate change in 2014 \u2013 he completed the YGL program in 2008. Or that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131203013754\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1993.pdf\">Bono<\/a><span class=\"None\"> is universally recognized as an activist \u2013 he completed the YGL program in 1993. Other celebrities and athletes who are YGL alumni include <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120419133435\/http:\/www.weforum.org\/young-global-leaders\/wyclef-jean\/index.html?link=no\">Wyclef Jean<\/a>,<span class=\"None\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_YGL16_Annual_Report_2016.pdf#page=7\">Ashton Kutcher<\/a><span class=\"None\">,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2018\/05\/meet-the-2018-class-of-young-global-leaders\/\">Priyanka Chopra<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/press\/2014\/03\/19-young-global-leaders-from-africa-recognized-by-the-world-economic-forum\/\">Charlize Theron<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060208031728\/https:\/www.weforum.org\/documents\/ygl\/YGL2006List.pdf\">Chris Tucker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100330233103\/https:\/www.weforum.org\/docs\/YGL\/YGL2010_Honourees.pdf\">Roger Federer<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200322131148\/https:\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/03\/ygl-wef-young-global-leaders\/\">Megan Rapinoe<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/specials.rediff.com\/money\/2008\/mar\/11young.pdf\">Tony Hawk<\/a>,<span class=\"None\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/web.worldbank.org\/archive\/website00818\/WEB\/OTHER\/YOUNG_GL.HTM\">Dikembe Mutombo<\/a><span class=\"None\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190124080820\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/AMNC17\/AMNC17_YGL_Participant_List.pdf\">Rio Ferdinand<\/a><span class=\"None\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131203013754\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1993.pdf\">Yo Yo Ma<\/a><span class=\"None\"> (who is also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/about\/leadership-and-governance\">on WEF\u2019s board<\/a><span class=\"None\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The most confusing aspect of it all are the YGLs who largely appear to stand in opposition to globalism and the WEF\u2019s agenda. For example, Hungarian PM <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131203013754\/http:\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1993.pdf\">Viktor Orban<\/a><span class=\"None\"> is a YGL alumnus, Trump is an Agenda Contributor, and Israeli PM <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/benjamin-netanyahu\">Bibi Netanyahu<\/a><span class=\"None\"> and former Brazilian President <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/people\/jair-bolsonaro\">Jair Bolsonaro<\/a><span class=\"None\"> are unspecified WEF members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This may surprise some, but even <a href=\"https:\/\/specials.rediff.com\/money\/2008\/mar\/11young.pdf#page=10\">Elon Musk<\/a> is a YGL, and another PayPal co-founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120419140502\/http:\/www.weforum.org\/young-global-leaders\/peter-thiel\/index.html?link=no\">Peter Thiel<\/a> \u2013\u00a0who\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/bilderbergmeetings.org\/background\/steering-committee\/steering-committee\">on the steering committee of the Bilderberg group<\/a> \u2013 is also a YGL. Thiel recently co-founded Strive Asset Management \u2013 an anti-ESG fund provider aimed at becoming the non-woke alternative to BlackRock \u2013 with \u201cWoke, Inc.\u201d author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/press\/2021\/03\/ygl-class-2021\/\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a>. Well, Ramaswamy, a very vocal opponent of ESG, is also a YGL.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, Thiel and Ramaswamy are arguably the three most influential and outspoken anti-woke, anti-globalist businessmen on the planet. Yet, all three are YGLs and just so happen to also be business partners with each other. I\u2019m not sure what to make of that strange fact (perhaps their public opposition to the WEF agenda is in part informed by their inside exposure to it?). Whatever the reason, their connection to the WEF shouldn\u2019t be ignored \u2013 we should be able to recognize and appreciate some of the good work they are doing while reserving some skepticism given their history.<\/p>\n<p>While so many of the WEF\u2019s plans for social control are out in the open for all to see, most of its YGL content and lists of graduates have mysteriously been scrubbed from its webpages in recent years. Likewise, most YGLs have seldom commented on their experience, forcing one to ponder just how conspiratorial and immersive the program is: Is it more like what Crenshaw described \u2013 an editorial list \u2013 or more akin to WEF\u2019s own description of it as a lengthy, interactive program?<\/p>\n<p>To help answer that question, <span class=\"None\">I\u2019ll leave you with the words of WEF founder Klaus Schwab himself. <\/span>Speaking about the YGL program at Harvard University in 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AoBRnrtX9U4?t=1054\">Schwab said<\/a>:<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div><em>&#8220;This notion to integrate young leaders is part of the World Economic Forum since many years. And I have to say, when I mention now names \u2013 like Mrs. Merkel, even Vladimir Putin and so on \u2013 they all have been Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum. But what we are very proud of now, the young generation \u2013 like Prime Minister Trudeau, President of Argentina, and so on \u2013 that <span class=\"None\">we penetrate the cabinets<b>.<\/b><\/span> So yesterday I was at a reception for Prime Minister Trudeau, and I know that half of this cabinet, or even more half of this cabinet, are for our actually Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum\u2026 It<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\u2019s true in Argentina and it<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\u2019s true in France now \u2013 I mean with the president, with the Young Global Leader. But what is important for me, is those Young Global Leaders have an opportunity to come here and we have established a cause.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When all seven leaders of the G7 nations parroted the same \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d slogan during the heart of the Covid-19 lockdowns,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1733906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1733906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}