Biographies: IIR Leaders in Dubai 2009
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Al Gore
Former Vice President of the United States • 45th Vice President of the United States
• 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
• Author, An Inconvenient Truth
• Chairman, Current TV
• Chairman, Generation Investment ManagementFormer Vice President Al Gore is Chairman of Current TV, an Emmy award winn…
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Benjamin Zander
World Re-nowned Philharmonic Conductor Benjamin Zander started his early musical training under the guidance of his father, in his native England, with lessons in cello and composition. When he was nine, Benjamin Britten, England’s leading composer, took an interest in his compositions an… -
Chester Elton
Senior Vice-President of Carrot Culture Called the “apostle of appreciation,” by the Globe and Mail, Canada’s largest newspaper, and “creative and refreshing” by the New York Times, Chester Elton is co-author of several successful leadership books and is an in-demand speaker the world over… -
David Plouffe
Campaign Manager for Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign David Plouffe was the campaign manager for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. After winning the election on Nov. 4, President-elect Obama credited Plouffe in his acceptance speech, calling him “the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the … -
Jack Perkowski
Managing Partner, JFP Holdings Ltd. Founder, ASIMCO Technologies
Author, Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in Chinapon graduation from Yale and the Harvard Business School, Jack spent eighteen years on Wall Street, rising to Head of Investment Banking at …
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Kris Gopalakrishnan
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ : INFY) S. Gopalakrishnan (called Kris by his colleagues) is one of the founders of Infosys Technologies Limited, a highly respected Consulting, IT services and Business Process Management company operating in the global market. He has played a key role at I… -
Professor Gary Hamel
Consultant and Management Educator The Wall Street Journal recently ranked Gary Hamel as the world’s most influential business thinker, and Fortune magazine has called him “the world’s leading expert on business strategy.” For the last three years, Hamel has also topped Executive Exce… -
Steve Farber
President of Extreme Leadership, Incorporated Steve Farber is the president of Extreme Leadership, Incorporated—an organization devoted to the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders in the business community. His book, The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership is a recipi…
