Former Cisco Executive Chairman and CEO John Chambers, who is widely considered one of the best performing U.S. CEOs during his 25+ year tenure at Cisco, helped grow the company from $70 million when he joined in 1991, to $1.2 billion when he became CEO in 1995, to $47 billion…

Checkr, a member of The World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators community, offers a range of digital job applicant screening services, including verification of employment and education and checking criminal and driving records. …

Olivier Sala is Group Vice President Research and Innovation at ENGIE, a global energy and infrastructure services company. Prior to taking on this position in July 2021, he served as Director General of ENGIE Digital, with a mission of leveraging digital technologies to further the strategy of the group, and…

Over 90,000 people gathered in Paris this week for VivaTechnology, Europe’s largest tech conference, to learn about cybersecurity, green tech, AI, crypto, the metaverse, the future of work as well as how to scale up the European tech sector during a period of economic turmoil. Speakers included government officials such…

Dorae, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, enables companies to capture key data and automate supply, production and distribution information, standardize and automate document generation, gain visibility into supply chains, and open new commercial relationships. Its target customers include primary producers, manufacturers and retailers, traders, transporters, and logistics providers. “We…

Saskia Bruysten co-founded Yunus Social Business (YSB) together with Nobel Peace Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus. YSB Funds invests in social businesses in developing countries with affordable financing and growth support. Its portfolio of social businesses provides employment, education, healthcare, safe water, and clean energy to over 17.8 million people worldwide…

Cardano Development is not a typical debt or equity investor. Operating from the principle that finance is an essential agreement for inclusive, sustainable, and resilient economic growth, the Amsterdam-based company has created innovative financial business concepts in emerging markets, directly mobilizing more than $2.5 …

Apple announced this week that it is penetrating deeper into the finance sector by offering loans directly to consumers for its new Buy Now, Pay Later product, taking on a role played in its other lending services by banking partners. And, it separately made clear that its foray into the…

EnginZyme, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, is scaling up a patented cell-free biomanufacturing platform aimed at the sustainable production of chemicals. It is targeting markets such as food, cosmetics, and fragrances. Customers include Tetra Pak and a Fortune 250 vegetable oil manufacturer. “We want to green chemical manufacturing,” says…