\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u2022 The opening session of FII\u2019s 5th Anniversary event was a live 90-minute \u2018board meeting\u2019 featuring high profile business leaders from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 FII attendees include Presidents, Prime Ministers, corporate executives, experts, innovators, and media who gather to explore solutions for society’s challenges and commit to their realization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, 26 October 2021<\/strong>: The 5th Anniversary of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) opened with a live board meeting featuring leading global CEOs, investors, and policymakers discussing how best to invest in humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The opening session on day one of FII was entitled \u2018The Board of Changemakers: Investing for Impact\u2019. The meeting was moderated by CNN anchor Richard Quest, who was joined by high profile business leaders from Africa, Europe, and the United States including H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, CEO & Managing Director, Mubadala Investment Company, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co- Founder, Blackstone, and Ray Dalio, Founder, Co-Chairman & Co-CIO, Bridgewater Associates, LP. They debated ways the global financial community can come together to invest in humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FII Institute CEO Richard Attias said the live board meeting was an extra special event for FII. \u201cIt was a highly unique live board meeting. FII hosted this special live \u2018meeting\u2019 on practical and actionable ways to invest in humanity. This set the scene for three days of vibrant debate and decision-making designed to help transform the future of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board meeting included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, CEO & Managing Director, Mubadala Investment Company (UAE) \u2022 Ana Patricia Botin, Group Executive Chairman, Banco Santander S.A. (Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Ray Dalio, Founder, Co-Chairman & Co-CIO, Bridgewater Associates, LP (United States)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Larry Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock, Inc. (United States)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Dr. Patrice Motsepe, Founder, African Rainbow Capital (South Africa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, Blackstone (United States) \u2022 David M. Solomon, Chairman & CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group (United States)<\/p>\n\n\n\n ENDS<\/p>\n\n\n\n About FII Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n FII Institute is a global nonprofit foundation with an investment arm and one agenda: Impact on Humanity. Committed to ESG principles, we foster the brightest minds and transform ideas into real- world solutions in five focus areas: AI and Robotics, Education, Healthcare and Sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are in the right place at the right time \u2013 when decision makers, investors and an engaged generation of youth come together in aspiration, energized and ready for change. We harness that energy into three pillars \u2013 THINK, XCHANGE, ACT \u2013 and invest in the innovations that make a difference globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join us to own, co-create and actualize a brighter, more sustainable future for humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n