About GLAD
AGI inaugurated the Global Leadership Award in 1995 as part of the Institute’s mission to foster stronger ties between the United States and Germany. The Award recognizes the achievements of business and political leaders who, through their personal and professional accomplishments, have helped strengthen the close partnership between Germany and the United States.
The Award is presented at a gala dinner in New York City, which is also the Institute’s main annual fundraising event. Guests at the gala include hundreds of top-level corporate executives, political figures, diplomats, NGO leaders, and members of the academic community, making this event a “celebration” of German-American partnership in the truest sense.
The gala dinner is underwritten principally by individual and corporate sponsors. Net proceeds from the event provide a substantial portion of the funding for the Institute’s research programs. Sponsors receive invitations to the Dinner, on-site acknowledgements, complimentary advertising opportunities, and other benefits. Sponsorship fees are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law in both Germany and the United States. Sponsorship is also an effective way for a company to publicize its support for a stronger German-American partnership before an important audience of corporate and government leaders who care deeply about this relationship.
AGI Global Leadership Award Recipients
2016
Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann
Gesellschafterin/
Partner, Ina-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & CO. KG
2014
Michael Diekmann
Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE (CEO)
2013
Virginia M. Rometty
Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM
2012
Martin Winterkorn
CEO of Volkswagen AG
2011
Herbert Hainer
CEO of adidas Group
2010
Wolfgang Reitzle
President and CEO of the Executive Board of Linde AG
2010
Angela Merkel
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
2009
James A. Baker, III
61 st U.S. Secretary of State
2009
Manfred Bischoff
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Daimler AG
2008
Mathias Döpfner
Chairman & CEO, Axel Springer AG
2008
Richard D. Parsons
Chairman of the Board, Time Warner Inc.
2007
Josef Ackerman
Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee
Deutsche Bank AG
2006
Martin J. Sullivan
President and Chief Executive Officer
American International Group, Inc.
2005
Gunter Thielen
Chairman and CEO, Bertelsmann AG
2004
A.G. Lafley
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive, The Procter and Gamble Company
2003
Sanford I. Weill
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup
2002
Heinrich von Pierer
President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG
2001
Rolf-E. Breuer
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank Group
2000
Henning Schulte-Noelle
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Allianz AG
1999
Eckhard Pfeiffer
Chairman of the Board of Intershop Communications
1998
Jürgen Schrempp
Chairman of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG
1997
Ron Sommer
Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG
1996
Jürgen Sarrazin
Speaker of the Board of Dresdner Bank AG
1994
Karl Otto Pöhl
Former Chairman of the Bundesbank
