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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- The opening session of FII's 5th Anniversary event was a live 90-minute

'board meeting' featuring high profile business leaders from Asia, Africa,

Europe, and the United States

- 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.

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.

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The opening session on day one of FII was entitled 'The Board of Changemakers:

Investing for Impact'. 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.

FII Institute CEO Richard Attias said the live board meeting was an extra

special event for FII. "It was a highly unique live board meeting. FII hosted

this special live 'meeting' 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."

The board meeting included:

    -- H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, CEO & Managing Director, Mubadala

       Investment Company (UAE)

    -- Ana Patricia Botin, Group Executive Chairman, Banco Santander S.A.

       (Spain)

    -- Ray Dalio, Founder, Co-Chairman & Co-CIO, Bridgewater Associates, LP

       (United States)

    -- Larry Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock, Inc. (United States)

    -- Dr. Patrice Motsepe, Founder, African Rainbow Capital (South Africa)

    -- Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, Blackstone (United

       States)

    -- David M. Solomon, Chairman & CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group (United

       States)

About FII Institute

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.

We are in the right place at the right time – 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 – THINK, XCHANGE,

ACT – and invest in the innovations that make a difference globally.

Join us to own, co-create and actualize a brighter, more sustainable future for

humanity. www.fii-institute.org

SOURCE  FII Institute