Heralding its journey from 2015, The Times Group Presents ET Now Global Business Summit has established itself as the pinnacle of intellectual engagement and strategic foresight, acclaimed as one of Asia’s foremost forum for reimagining the future of business and society. This distinguished platform unites the world’s most celebrated thought leaders, policymakers, and innovators in a shared pursuit of transformative ideas and sustainable progress.
The Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, has graced the GBS as the chief guest since its inception, presenting his visionary statements for India’s future, along with key members of his Union Council of Ministers.
In previous editions, the GBS has hosted leading corporate leaders and luminaries from across the world including Prime Minister of Guyana Mr. Mark Anthony Phillips, leading human rights lawyer and a passionate campaigner for women’s equality Cherie Blair CBE QC, Former Vice President of the United States of America Dick Cheney, Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, Scholar, Statistician, and Risk Analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb, renowned entrepreneurs such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Blackstone Group’s Stephen A. Schwarzman, Apple’s Steve Wozniak, ace investor and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, Airbnb’s Brian Chesky and Nathan Blecharczyk, Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, Tesla’s Martin Eberhard, along with leading CEOs such as Standard Chartered Bank’s Bill Winters, Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi, Franklin Templeton’s Jenny Johnson, Schneider Electric’s Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Coursera’s Jeff Maggioncalda, Cognizant’s Ravi Kumar S, the venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki, and many more. Their insights have shaped narratives and inspired action, echoing far beyond the confines of the summit.
In 2025, under the visionary theme Evolve, Emerge, Expand, the summit seeks to deepen its legacy by exploring the monumental shifts redefining the global economic and industrial landscape. It aims to illuminate how nations and enterprises can evolve with precision, emerge with renewed strength, and expand their influence in the intricate tapestry of an interconnected world.
Far beyond the bounds of a conventional summit, it stands as a symposium of unparalleled intellect, a crucible where ambition meets insight to redefine the possible. It invites participants to engage in a dialogue of extraordinary consequence, crafting a future that is both visionary and achievable.
Join us in 2025, as The Times Group Presents ET Now Global Business Summit upholds its storied tradition of thought leadership and intellectual excellence, shaping a future narrative that is as timeless as it is transformative.
ET Edge, India’s largest conference and thought leadership company – has since 2015, been at the forefront of creating unique thought leadership initiatives with the objective to empower multiple sectors, industries and segments through the dispersion of critical business knowledge through strategically developed specialised conferences and summits. The Global Business Summit is amongst one of ET Edge’s flagship IP’s that strives to bring together visionaries and key global leaders through its enriched knowledge platforms to aid the symbiotic relationship between societies and businesses.
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