World Business Forum
World Business Forum Stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York
BeginsOctober 20, 2020
EndsOctober 21, 2020
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)David Geffen Hall, New York City, NY
The Javits Center, New York City, NY
Inaugurated2004
Participantsover 5000 top-level business executives
Websitewww.wbfny.com

The World Business Forum which was founded in 1988[1] is an annual global business summit held in New York City. A 2008 Burson-Marsteller survey ranked the forum among the world's top five most influential venues for C-Suite executives.[2]

The yearly summit brings together an average of over 5,000 attendees, mostly senior executives from over 60 countries. The Forum consists of discussions of top political leaders, business leaders, and intellectuals about the current issues and challenges of the world business environment and global economy.[3][4]

History

The World Business Forum in New York City launched in 2004.[5] Past speakers in the World Business Forum included political figures such as Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan, Rudy Giuliani, Tony Blair and Colin Powell. Other speakers have been CEOs Jack Welch, Richard Branson, Herb Kelleher and John Chambers, financial experts Alan Greenspan and Jeremy Siegel, and management experts Tom Peters, Peter Drucker and Michael Porter among others.[6]

2014 participants

Speakers included:

2012 participants

75% of attendees to the World Business Forum are at director level or above, and 30% are C-Suite executives.[8]

Organizer

The event is organized by WOBI, an executive education and management content firm which has been holding business conferences globally for over 20 years under the names World Business Forum and ExpoManagement. In addition to the World Business Forum in New York, WOBI organizes business forums around the world as well as other forums including the WOBI On Innovation.[4]

2019

This year's World Business Forum will take place from November 20th to November 21st at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City.[9]

Green Initiative

In 2023, WOBI’s started a new Green Impact initiative it has put out a call for companies implementing effective environmental initiatives to share their stories with others on the main stage of each of this year’s World Business Forum events around the world.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "About WOBI". 22 September 2021.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Who We Are". HSM. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
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  5. ↑ "WOBI : World of Business Ideas". Archived from the original on 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  6. ↑ "HSM Speakers". Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
  7. ↑ "David Rubenstein Joins World Business Forum to Speak about Global Economic Crisis". Business Wire. Feb 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via FindArticles.com - CBSi.
  8. ↑ HSM Americas, Inc. Personal interview. 11 June 2009.
  9. ↑ "World Business Forum NYC 2019". World Business Forum NYC 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  10. ↑ "How WOBI's new Green Impact initiative is driving positive change". 27 June 2023.
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