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The Winning Hand September 8 – 10, 2008
Tycoons gather to play the winning hand at the eighth Forbes Global CEO Conference On September 8 - 10, 2008, the Forbes Global CEO Conference returned to Singapore, gathering 450 of the world’s wealthiest and most influential business leaders.
(Left to right) William Adamopoulos, President & Publisher, Forbes Asia; Steve Forbes, Chairman & CEO, Forbes and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes magazine; Mike Barclay, CEO, Sentosa Development Corporation; Pierre Baer, CEO (Singapore & South Asia), SG Private Banking, meeting members of the media at the pre-conference media briefing
Among the conference attendees were some 90 members of families who were on various Forbes rich lists, with a combined net worth exceeding $160 billion.
Speakers and sponsors gathered for the Speakers Lunch at the Sentosa Golf Club Front Row (Left to right) Low Teo Ping, Board Member, Sentosa Development Corporation; Cecilia Zecha, Programming Director, Forbes Asia; Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Ltd.; Jean Eric Salata, Founder & CEO, Baring Private Equity Asia; Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes; Tan Chin Nam, Chairman, MDA; Peter Lyngdorf, Founder, Steinway Lyngdorf A/S; Suguna Madhavan, President, Steinway Lyngdorf A/S; Jannie Tay, Vice Chairman, The Hour Glass; Daniel Truchi, Global Head, SG Private Banking; Steve Forbes; Dr. Loo Choon Yong, Chairman, Sentosa Development Corporation; Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman & CEO, ArcelorMittal; Jet Li, Actor & Founder, One Foundation; S. Srinivasan, President & Director, Thai Carbon Black Public Co., Ltd.; Liang Xinjun, Vice Chairman & President, Fosun International; Stanley C. Gale, Chairman & Managing Partner, Gale International; Michael Yap, Deputy CEO, MDA; Vanessa Wanger, Partner and Producer, Monkey Business; Naazneen Karmali, India Editor, Forbes Asia Second Row (Left to right) Tim Kelly, Tokyo Bureau Chief, Forbes Asia; Russell Flannery, Senior Editor, Forbes magazine; Robert Forbes, President, ForbesLife; Francine LeFrak, President, LeFrak Productions; Stefano Pessina, Executive Chairman, Alliance Boots; G. V. Krishna Reddy, Chairman & MD, GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd.; Sachio Semmoto, Chairman & CEO, EMOBILE Ltd.; Girija Pande, EVP & Head - Asia Pacific, Tata Consultancy Services Asia Pacific Pte Ltd; Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman & CEO, FACTS Global Energy; William Adamopoulos, President & Publisher, Forbes Asia; Eric Anderson, President & CEO, Space Adventures Ltd.; Edward J. Rollins, Chairman of Rollins Strategy Group and former White House Director of Political Affairs for the Reagan administration; William Dal Col, President & CEO, Potomac Communications Strategies; Ted Hope, Producer & Partner, This is that corporation Third Row (Left to right) Robyn Meredith, Senior Editor, Asia, Forbes magazine; Mike Barclay, CEO, Sentosa Development Corporation; Ray Warhola, Executive Director, Forbes Asia; Olivier Lim, Board Director, Sentosa & Group CFO, CapitaLand Ltd; Douglas Glen, CEO, Imagi International Holdings Ltd.; Ford Tamer, Operating Partner, Khosla Ventures; Ornella Barra, Board Member and Wholesale and Commercial Affairs Director, Alliance Boots Ltd.; Richard F. Chandler, Chairman, Orient Global Holdings Ltd.; Geoffrey P. Cowley, CEO, SMR; Chana Schoenberger, Associate Editor, Forbes magazine; Clive Palmer, Chairman, Mineralogy Pty Ltd.; Rich Karlgaard, Publisher, Forbes magazine; Tim Ferguson, Editor, Forbes Asia, Executive Editor, Forbes magazine; Clinton H. Severson, Chairman, President & CEO, Abaxis; Don Lam, CEO, VinaCapital Group; Pierre Baer, CEO (Singapore & South Asia), SG Private Banking; Robert Shrum, Democratic Political Adviser and Senior Fellow, New York University’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service; Robert Kirby, Chairman, Village Roadshow