Let's take a random country and see how many people are affiliated with the World Economic Forum:
Ireland:
Politicians, Former Presidents, Musicians, Clergy, Bankers, Journalists, Human Rights, Artificial Intelligence, Corporations etc
1. Fine Gael - Leo Varadkar Former Taoiseach, Tánaiste and also a member of the Young Global leaders https://www.weforum.org/people/leo-varadkar
2. Fine Gael - Paschal Donohoe Minister of Finance, Department of Finance of Ireland weforum.org/people/paschal…
3. Fine Gael - Michael Noonan Former Minister of Finance, Department of Finance of Ireland weforum.org/people/michael…
4. Fine Gael - Enda Kenny Former Taoiseach (2011-2017), Fine Gael Party weforum.org/agenda/authors…
5. Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland (1990-97) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)
6. Denis O Brien Chairman, Digicel Group weforum.org/agenda/authors…
7. Bono Lead Singer U2, Co-Founder, (RED); Co-Founder, ONE weforum.org/people/bono
8. Bob Geldof Advisor, ONE weforum.org/agenda/authors…
9. Alan Joyce Chief Executive Officer, Qantas Airways Limited weforum.org/agenda/authors…
10. Francesca McDonagh Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Ireland Group and also a member of the YoungGlobal leaders site weforum.org/people/frances…
11. David McWilliams Broadcaster, Writer and Commentator, Iconic Media Ltd weforum.org/people/david-m…
12. Diarmuid Martin Archbishop of Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin weforum.org/people/diarmui…
13. Eimear Farrell Human Rights Officer Heads Up Ireland's national Artificial Intelligence Strategy weforum.org/people/eimear-…
14. John Coulter Chief Executive Officer, sub-Saharan Africa, JPMorgan Chase & Co weforum.org/people/john-co…
15. Tadhg Flood Global Co-Head, Financial Institutions Group, Deutsche Bank weforum.org/people/tadhg-f…
16. Kingston Mills Professor of Experimental Immunology, Trinity College Dublin weforum.org/agenda/authors…
17. Teresa O'Flynn
Managing Director, BlackRock Inc.
18. Liam Condon
President, Bayer Crop Science, Bayer
19. Aine Kerr
Co-Founder and COO, Kinzen. Also married to Aodhán Ó Ríordáin who is an Irish Labour Party politician.
20. Mary Keeling Manager, Economic Analysis, Smarter Cities, IBM weforum.org/people/mary-ke…
21. Michael Hayes Global Head, Renewables, KPMG weforum.org/agenda/authors…
22. Ruairí De Búrca Director-General, Development Cooperation and Africa Division, Irish Aid weforum.org/people/ruairi-…
23. Grainia Long Commissioner for Resilience, Belfast City Council weforum.org/people/grainia…
24. William (Liam) Casey Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PCH International weforum.org/people/william…
25. Mark Pollock Explorer and Collaboration Catalyst, Mark Pollock Trust, Ireland. Also involved with the 4th Industrial Revolution and a Young Global Leader. weforum.org/agenda/authors…
26. Reamonn Lydon Senior Advisor, Research and Analysis, Central Bank of Ireland weforum.org/agenda/authors…
27. Gerald Lawless Chairman, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) weforum.org/agenda/authors…
28. Alice Charles
Project Lead, Cities, Infrastructure and Urban Services Platform, World Economic Forum Geneva
29. George Sargent Sustainable Development weforum.org/agenda/authors…
30. Young Global Leaders Caroline Casey Founder and Director, The Valuable 500, Ireland
31. Nora Khaldi
Founder and Chief Science Officer, Nuritas, Ireland
younggloballeaders.org/community
32. Sinéad Burke
Chief Executive Officer, Tilting The Lens, Ireland
younggloballeaders.org/community
33. Siobhan Walsh
CEO, Goal, Ireland
younggloballeaders.org/community
For the sake of completeness we are going to look at how far the WEF tentacles go when it comes to Ireland's academia within universities.
They have the Un