Darys Estrella gets recognition

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Darys Estrella, executive vice president at the Dominican Stock Exchange (BVRD), has been appointed to the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders Class of 2008. Estrella joins 245 other leading executives from around the world on a list that includes some of the world's most talented executives, all under the age of 40. This honor is bestowed each year by the World Economic Forum as a way of acknowledging the top 200-300 young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. The Young Global Leaders for 2008 include 121 business leaders, as well as leaders from government, academia, media and society at large from 65 countries. The new class represents all regions, including East Asia (64), Europe (58), Middle East and North Africa (12), North America (45), South Asia (24), sub-Saharan Africa (21) and Latin America (21). Drawn from a pool of almost 5,000 candidates, the Young Global leaders 2008 were chosen by a selection committee of 31 eminent international media leaders. The selection committee is chaired by HM Queen Rania of Jordan. Estrella grew up in Ocoa and moved to the US at the age of 17. She was an executive at Goldman Sachs before moving back to the DR to take on the challenge of building up the DR's stock exchange. She is the second Dominican to be invited to the event. The first was Andres Van der Horst, executive director of the National Competitiveness Council. For the complete Global Leaders press release, please click here (MS Word document) (http://dr1.com/trade/documents/Press Release - Young Global Leaders 2008-1.doc).

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