The Global Leaders Hold Inaugural Meeting in New York City on February 9, 2010

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The inaugural meeting of The Global Leaders, a networking group of influential leaders in business, government, education and philanthropy, will be held at the prestigious Yale Club in New York City on February 9^th.

We have two notable guest speakers on the agenda, including

• Frederick Frank, former Vice Chairman of both Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital
• Ambassador Ahmad Kamal, a professional diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan for close to forty years

The morning after the meeting, February 10^th, The Global Leaders will be honored at the Opening Bell Ceremony at NASDAQ. Co-Founder George Bickerstaff will make a short speech and ring the opening bell. The ceremony will be aired on BNN Fox, Fox Business, and CNBC.

About The Global Leaders

The Global Leaders is an international networking group designed to facilitate the trade of ideas, information, and inspirations across the spheres of business, government, education and philanthropy.

The Global Leaders was started in 2009 to enable people to find and network with their global peers to facilitate business and philanthropic relationships through shared information, knowledge, and insights. Our hope is that the network we build will allow our members and their organizations to achieve their goals and objectives through collaborative wisdom, work, and wealth.

The Global Leaders aims to connect people across the four pillars of business, government, education, and philanthropy through intergroup communication, and one of the primary ways by which we achieve this communication is by providing opportunities, such as this meeting, for members to meet face-to-face, network, and discuss our collective and individual impact.

Thus far, The Global Leaders comprises 15,000 active members in 150 industries and 160 countries. Our members lead or have led over 10,800 companies, with headquarters in over 60 countries that employ more than 28 million people. They have revenue exceeding $7.7 trillion and assets of over $56 trillion. As a reference, global GDP is $60 trillion. This growth is far more rapid than expected when the organization was founded less than a year ago, with over 100 key executives being added per week. There are over 150 senior-level executives attending the event itself. These members lead or have led over 700 companies, with over $700 billion in revenue, $5 trillion in assets and 2.5 million employees.