Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria          ( journalist,  author)
Born	Fareed Rafiq Zakaria 1964-01-20  Mumbai,  India
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	•  Yale University •  Harvard University
Mentors	Samuel Huntington
Parents	•  Rafiq Zakaria •  Fatima Zakaria
Children	•  Omar •  Lila •  Sofia
Spouse	Paula Throckmorton Zakaria
Member of	21st Century Council, Bilderberg/Steering committee, Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3, Trilateral Commission, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/2001, WEF/Young Global Leaders/2005
Newsweek Editor, first Indian Bilderberger, WEF AGM regular, WEF YGL 2005 ...  Show host In office 2008 - Present Employer CNN Hosted Fareed Zakaria GPS  Columnist In office 2010 - Present Employer Washington Post Preceded by Marc Ellenbogen  Newsweek/Editor In office October 2000 - August 2010  Editor  In office 2010 - 2014 Employer Time Magazine Preceded by Christiane Hoffmann, William Lewis (journalist), Jon Meacham, Moisés Naím Succeeded by Kjetil Alstadheim  TV Show Host In office 2005 - 2007 Employer PBS Hosted Foreign Exchange

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2003	15 May 2003	18 May 2003	France Versailles	The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France
Bilderberg/2005	5 May 2005	8 May 2005	Germany Rottach-Egern	The 53rd Bilderberg, 132 guests
Bilderberg/2024	30 May 2024	2 June 2024	Spain Madrid	The 70th Bilderberg Meeting
Bilderberg/2025	12 June 2025	15 June 2025	Sweden Stockholm	The 71st Bilderberg Meeting, the subject of an unprecedented leak
WEF/Annual Meeting/2004	21 January 2004	25 January 2004	Switzerland WEF	2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2006	25 January 2006	29 January 2006	Switzerland WEF	Both former US president Bill Clinton and Bill Gates pushed for public-private partnerships. Only a few of the over 2000 participants are known.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2011	26 January 2011	30 January 2011	Switzerland WEF	2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2012	25 January 2012	29 January 2012	Switzerland WEF	2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	Switzerland WEF	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	Switzerland WEF	2603 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	Switzerland WEF	2952 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	Switzerland WEF	"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	Switzerland WEF	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2022	22 May 2022	26 May 2022	Switzerland WEF	1911 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023	16 January 2023	20 January 2023	Switzerland WEF	The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2024	15 January 2024	19 January 2024	Switzerland WEF	The theme for the invited "stakeholders" was "rebuilding trust in the international system". Who exactly were are to trust remains a secret, as 95% of the participants were not disclosed.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2025	20 January 2025	24 January 2025	Switzerland WEF	Brought more than 2,500 delegates to Davos from government, business and civil society of whom 809 are listed here.

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