The CEO Who Wants AI to Serve All Stakeholders For more than two decades, Marc Benioff has challenged conventional thinking about the role of business in society. As Chair, CEO, and Co-Founder of Salesforce, he helped pioneer cloud computing. He championed stakeholder capitalism long before it became mainstream. He also
The Artist Shaping AI’s Creative Future Few artists have demonstrated the power of creativity to inspire social change quite like John Legend. He is an EGOT winner, having earned an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. Yet Legend has built a career that extends far beyond music. As a singer,
The Indigenous Leader Bringing Ancestral Wisdom to AI The world is racing to build increasingly powerful artificial intelligence. Yet one of the most important questions may not be how fast the technology advances. It is whether humanity remembers the wisdom that has sustained communities and ecosystems for thousands of years.
The UN Leader Building the Global Rules for the AI Age Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than the institutions designed to govern it. Bridging that gap has become one of the defining challenges of international cooperation. Few people are more central to that effort than Guy Ryder. He serves as
The Music Legend Protecting Human Creativity in the AI Era For generations, Björn Ulvaeus has been celebrated as one of the world’s greatest songwriters. As co-founder of ABBA, he helped create a catalogue of music that has transcended cultures, languages, and generations. That catalogue has sold more than 400 million
The Journalist Defending Truth in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is transforming how information is created, shared, and consumed. Few voices in that debate carry greater moral authority than Maria Ressa. The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler. She is also one
The Diplomat Building a Global AI Future As artificial intelligence reshapes economies, governments, and societies at unprecedented speed, few global leaders have done more to ensure that this transformation serves humanity than Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Since assuming office in 2023 as the first woman
The Scientist-President Building an AI Nation As nations race to harness artificial intelligence, H.E. Mr. Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia, is leading from a unique vantage point: not as a career politician, but as a scientist, educator, and architect of one of the world’s most advanced digital
As the global debate over artificial intelligence accelerates, Tomas Lamanauskas has become one of the most important multilateral figures working to ensure that AI is not only powerful, but useful — not only disruptive, but directed toward the public good. Tomas Lamanauskas, the Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union,
Some entrepreneurs build companies. Kyleigha Beckmann is working to build something much larger: an economic system where opportunity is more broadly shared, commerce is more transparent, and prosperity becomes a foundation for peace. As Founding Partner of Peace Through Trade (PTT), the Brazilian entrepreneur is advancing a bold vision for
