This is the 4th consecutive year WISekey was nominated by the World Economic Forum as a Global Growth Company.
List of nominated Global Growth Companies members: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GGC_Members_2010.pdf
The World Economic Forum’s Community of Global Growth Companies (GGC) was formed in 2007 to engage dynamic high-growth companies with the potential to be tomorrow’s industry leaders and to become a driving force of economic and social change. As of June 2010, 250 companies from over 50 countries had been admitted to the GGC Community. The Global Growth Companies will be meeting at “Summer Davos” in Asia Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2010 Tianjin, People’s Republic of China 13-15 September. Members of the Community of Global Growth Companies convene every year at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions and at the World Economic Forum’s regional meetings, and collaborate through WELCOM, an exclusive online networking platform for business and government leaders.
Through these activities, GGC members have an opportunity to benefit from:
• New business opportunities across industries and regions
• Networking with the world’s leading business and policy experts
• Peer-to-peer collaboration and experience exchange
• Industry-specific and cross-industry knowledge sharing
GGC Membership
The Forum selects companies on the basis of their revenue, growth rate, internationalization and leadership. Key selection criteria include:
• Annual growth rate exceeding industry and regional average by 15%
• Minimum turnover between US$ 100 million and US$ 5 billion, depending on the industry
• Demonstrated growth potential
• Capacity and intent to build a global business
• Exemplary executive leadership
WISekey is emerging as the global leader on Digital Identification and Trusted Secure Electronic Transactions over the Internet. WISekey disruptive technology and business model excel at knowing the digital identification and transaction market, staying close to customers, and having a mechanism in place to make an impact on the broader world, acting as a disruptive technology that improves all kinds of trusted data exchanges what will be able to contribute to the Web and Internet infrastructures over the long term.
WISekey activities as World Economic Global Growth Company are summarized at: http://www.wisekey.com/en/projects/wef/Pages/default.aspx