Stewart Paperin
Executive Vice President, Open Society Institute; President, Soros Economic Development Fund
Stewart Paperin is executive vice president of the Open Society Foundation and president of the $250 million Soros Economic Development Fund. He manages the administration and operations of the foundation's network and provides leadership to its economic reform and economic development activities. Paperin also serves as a consultant to Soros Fund Management. He has spent more than 35 years as a senior international financial executive in both publicly traded and private companies, and has served on the boards of Western Union, PennOctane, Global TeleSystems Group, Golden Telecom Inc., Armour Residential REIT and OAO Svyazinvest (Russia's national telephone company) as well as a variety of emerging Internet and telecommunication companies and public-private partnerships. Paperin earned B.A. and M.S. degrees from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.