
The Global Investment Forum was first launched as a stand-alone event in 2015, bringing together leaders, thinkers, and entrepreneurs to discuss the future of investments as well as global challenges and opportunities.
Building on the success of the forum, the Global Investment Foundation was established in Geneva in November 2022 with the mission of encouraging innovative developments in the private investments sector and reinforcing Geneva’s position as an investment banking hub.
Geneva is the home of the Forum not only because the foundation’s headquarters are found in the city, but also because of the city’s history of being a leading global financial center which is constantly reinventing itself and has brought about a unique ecosystem with a fertile environment for expertise, ideas, innovation and creation.
We foster a community of private investors, financial institutions, entrepreneurs, politicians, international organisations, and academia, committed to improving the state of the world by accelerating the transition to a sustainable economy through impact-driven allocation of assets.

Our stage has welcomed renowned global leaders who have shaped policy and inspired change.
Past speakers of the Forum have included former U.S. Presidential candidate John Kerry, former French President François Hollande, former Vice-President of the European Commission Viviane Reding, Carlyle Group Co-Founders David Rubenstein and William E. Conway Jr., Solar Impulse Chaiman Bertrand Piccard, Colombian politician and activist Ingrid Betancourt, Uber Co-Founder Garrett Camp, France’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin, Economic and Social theorist Jeremy Rifkin, Greece’s former Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis, Checkout Founder and CEO Guillaume Pousaz, Global Ventures Managing Partner Noor Sweid, Index Ventures Founding Partner Neil Rimer, Lime CEO Wayne Ting.
To access the list of our past speakers click here.
With content available right here on our website or on our YouTube page, we invite you to explore, our platform is proud to host an incredible library of thought-provoking talks and inspiring insights from some of these distinguished thought-leaders.