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Famous Globalists
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A Globalist
is a person who supports the abatement of national borders and the creation
of a world government.
This list includes people that offered important contributions to
globalization.
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Cecil, Robert - British Lord. One of the League
of Nations' Founder.
Churchill, Winston - UK Prime Minister. Promoter of Bretton
Woods Agreements, which led to the creation of the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund. He also participated in the creation of the
United Nations and supported the GATT.
Clinton, Bill - U. S. President. Created the Trans Atlantic
Marketplace, a bridge between the European Union and the United States.
Blair, Tony -
United Kingdom Prime Minister. I
n an article published by "The Globalist", Blair urges his fellow countrymen
to embrace globalization and to stake their own claim for United Kingdom
(The Globalist, Oct. 5, 2005, www.globalist.com).
Brzezinski,
Zbigniew
- Politician. Co-Founded the Trilateral Commission.
De Gaulle, Charles - French President.
He supported the creation of a European Confederation and its expansion
towards East in its famous phrase: "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
Filo, David
- Businessman. Co-Founded Yahoo!, world's first search engine.
Friis, Janus - Businessman. Co-Founded Skype, an internet telephony
network.
Gates, Bill - Businessman. Invented Windows, the software that
spread the use of computers. He also created MSN, a free e-mail service
that allowed people around the world to contact each other.
Hugo, Victor - Writer. Promoted the Bern Convention of 1886
on the universal protection of literary and artistic works.
Lennon, John - Singer and musician. One of his most famous
songs, "Imagine" presented a vision of a united world.
Levchin, Max - Businessman. Co-Founder of Paypal, the first
worldwide online payment service.
McNamara, Frank -
Businessman. Co-Founder of Diners Club, the first credit card payment
service .
Mendez,
Ruben
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Writer. He wrote "International Public Finance"
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Nosek, Luke
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Businessman. Co-Founder of Paypal, the first worldwide online payment
service.
Reagan, Ronald - US President. Reagan Doctrine called
for support to democratic regimes to oppose communism.
Richter, Stephan
- Editor. Founder of "The Globalist", the first online magazine on global
issues..
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
- US President. Conied the term United Nations in the "Declaration
by United Nations" of 1 January 1942.
Promoter of Bretton Woods Agreements, which led to the creation
of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Rockefeller,
David - Businessman. Co-Founder of Trilateral Commission and
the Council on Foreign Relations.
Rockefeller, Nelson - Governor of New York and Vice President
of the United States. In 1960 Governor Nelson Rockefeller proposed a
"North Atlantic Confederation" in his address to the Binghamton (N.Y.)
Rotary club on June 21. (http://www.constitution.org/)
Santer, Jacques
- President of the European Commission, co-founder with Clinton
of the Trans Atlantic Marketplace
Schneider, Ralph -
Businessman. Co-Founder of Diners Club, the first credit card payment
service.
Stipo, Francesco - Writer. He wrote
the "World Federalist Manifesto, Guide to Political Globalization", in
which he envisioned a world confederation and described the ways to achieve it (www.worldfederalistmanifesto.com).
Taylor, Casey -
Businessman. Co-Founder of Diners Club, the first credit card company
in the world.
Thiel, Peter
- Businessman.
Co-Founder of Paypal, the first worldwide online payment service.
Turner, Ted - Businessman. Founded CNN International, the
first television broadcasting worldwide.
Tobin, James
- Economist. Won Nobel prize for proposing a world tax.
Yung, Jerry - Businessman. Co-Founded Yahoo!, world's first
search engine.
Wales, Jimmy - Businessman. Founder of Wikipedia, the first
free online encyclopedia written in more than 250 languages.
Zennström
, Niklas - Businessman. Co-Founded Skype, an internet telephony
network.
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