What does it take to reach the top and to inspire others? Lan Anh Vu decided to answer this and other questions by sitting down with prominent leaders and asking them how they do their jobs and the most important lessons they learned as they rose through the ranks.
Martti Ahtisaari
10th President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Jean Claude Trichet
Former President of the European Central Bank (ECB) and former Governor of Banque de France
Jorge Quiroga
76th President of Bolivia and Vice president of “Club de Madrid”
Andrej Kiska
4th President of Slovakia
Iveta Radicova
6th Prime Minister of Slovakia
Jiang Yi-huah
Former Prime Minister of Taiwan
Tarja Halonen
The 11th and first female, President of Finland
Karel Schwarzenberg
Prince of Schwarzenberg, Duke of Krumlov and former Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Vytenis Andriukaitis
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
Vera Jourova
European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
Jyrki Katainen
Vice President of European Commission and 42nd Prime Minister of Finland
Petr Pavel
Former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
Risto Siilasmaa
Chairman of Nokia Corporation and Founder of F-Secure Corporation
Vince Steckler
CEO of Avast
Eliska Coolidge
Former Director of the White House Office of Presidential Messages and Special Assistant to five US Presidents
Marten Mickos
CEO of HackerOne
Carlo Capalbo
Founder of the Prague International Marathon and Chairman of IAAF Road Racing Commission
Razmig Hovaghimian
Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Viki
Zdenek Pelc
Chairman of GZ Media
Rosen Plevneliev
4th President of Bulgaria
Sebastian Siemiatkowski
CEO and Co-founder of Klarna
Jiri Bartoska
Actor and President of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Pekka Lundmark
CEO and President of Fortum Corporation
Anousheh Ansari
CEO and Co-founder of Prodea Systems and First Space Ambassador
Lee Westwood
Former world number one ranked player and is one of few players to have won a tournament on five continents
Angela Hewitt
One of the world’s leading pianists
Roman Sebrle
One of the world’s most successful decathletes
Sandra Brown
Author of more than sixty New York Times bestsellers
Jiri Menzel
Oscar-winning director
Yefim Bronfman
One of the most talented virtuoso pianists performing today
Serge Haroche
Nobel Prize winner
Vaclav Berka
Senior brewmaster and Chairman of the supervisory board of Pilsner Urquell