Global Conference

I first set foot on American soil when I was three years old. Like so many immigrant families, mine left Italy to pursue opportunity and a better life. And when they imagined that better life for me, they always told me the same thing: it...

Technological advances have the power to alleviate suffering and improve living standards, but we still have much work to do before we can realize their benefits broadly, on a global scale. We cannot take innovation, or the benefits it...

One of the most rewarding partnerships of my career began about a decade ago in Reykjavik while sharing a bottle of Zicam. At a gathering of the Arctic Circle, while discussing challenges and opportunities in the Arctic region in part...

Iowa is the equivalent of the 10th most populous country in the world in terms of the amount of fecal waste produced. How is this possible, when the human population is only around 3 million? According to a recent analysis conducted by...

I appreciate that there are a variety of ways to view prosperity and that it has different meanings to different people. For me, prosperity means that we thrive collectively; that we, as a community, feel connected, healthy, and growing in...

At Sesame Workshop, we have always believed that if we want to see a better, more peaceful, more prosperous world, one of the best investments we can make is in quality early education for the world’s children. This has been our call to...

By most key measures, it appears US investors have been handsomely rewarded since the global financial crisis of 2008. The stock market is in the midst of the longest bull market on record, resulting in record-high 401(k) and IRA balances....

Earlier this year, Citi decided to be transparent about a statistic I’ve described as “disappointing” and “ugly:” Citi’s unadjusted or “raw” pay gap for women and US minorities, which measures the difference in median total compensation...

When we think of success, we often think of the future. Will our communities thrive over the long term? Will our children and our grandchildren grow to be engaged, productive citizens? At the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, we seek to...

Here we are in 2018. From artificial intelligence and self-driving cars to breakthroughs in medicine and space exploration, the human capacity to transform the world is infinite. Our collective imagination, ingenuity, and resolve are...