
There is some evidence that the founding of the WEF in 1971 may have been a CFR or CIA-directed Cold War initiative to help improve the public perception of Capitalism (similar to the left-wing “Congress for Cultural Freedom”, later exposed as a CIA platform).
If so, the WEF Young Global Leaders may have to be seen as CFR/CIA-selected political and economic leaders.
- The WEF Young Global Leaders (2022) An overview of WEF Young Global Leaders

SOME WEF Young Global Leaders (2005-2021) and Global Leaders for Tomorrow (1993-2003) –
Microsoft founder Bill Gates (1993), former Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer (selected in 1995), Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (1998), Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page (2002/2005), former Google CEO Eric Schmidt (2001-2017, selected in 1997), Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales (2007), PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel (2007), eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar (1999), Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (2009), Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (2007), Google Jigsaw CEO Jared Cohen (2014).
Former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown (both selected in 1993), William Hague (Foreign Secretary, 2010-2014), Lynn Forester de Rothschild (co-owner of The Economist), Nathaniel Rothschild (son of Lord Rothschild), historian Niall Ferguson (selected in 2005), Charles Allen (CEO of ITV, 2004-2007; Chairman of EMI, 2008-2010), Caterhine Howarth (board member of the Scott Trust, owner of The Guardian), Dawood Azami (BBC World Service journalist), Professor in Public Health Devi Sridhar (selected in 2020/21).

Royal Members
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark, Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme (Netherlands), Queen Rania of Jordan, Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al-Saud, Queen Lalla Salma of Morocco, King Wangchuck of Bhutan
- The WEF Young Global Leaders (2022) An overview of WEF Young Global Leaders
- Was the founding of the World Economic Forum in 1971 a CFR/CIA initiative? Possible.
If indeed the founding of the WEF was a CFR/CIA Cold War initiative (similar to the left-wing “Congress for Cultural Freedom”, later exposed as a CIA platform), the WEF Young Global Leaders may have to be seen as CFR/CIA-selected political and economic leaders.
https://swprs.org/the-young-global-leaders-of-the-davos-world-economic-forum-wef/ - Coronavirus Pandemic
- During the coronavirus pandemic (2020-2022), several WEF Young Global Leaders played prominent roles, typically promoting zero-covid strategies, lockdowns, mask mandates, and digital ‘vaccine passports’. The following list names some of these Young Global Leaders.Jeffrey Zients (US White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator), Stéphane Bancel (CEO of Moderna), Nathan Wolfe (EcoHealth, Global Viral, Metabiota), Jeremy Howard (founder of influential lobby group “Masks for All”), Leana Wen (zero-covid CNN medical analyst), Eric Feigl-Ding (zero-covid Twitter personality), Gavin Newsom (Governor of California, selected in 2005), Devi Sridhar (British-American zero-covid professor), Jacinda Ardern (Prime Minister of New Zealand), Greg Hunt (Australian Health Minister and former WEF strategy director), French President Emanuel Macron, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (selected in 1993), German Health Minister Jens Spahn, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (a leading proponent of ‘global vaccine passports’).Read more: The WEF and the Pandemic (October 2021)
WEF – CIA – CFR — Aangirfan