Niall Ferguson
( historian, journalist) | |
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| Born | Niall Campbell Ferguson 18 April 1964 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | • The Glasgow Academy • Magdalen College (Oxford) |
| Children | 5 |
| Spouse | Sue Douglas |
| Member of | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Community Security Trust, Hoover Institution/Fellows, Mont Pelerin Society, The American Academy in Berlin/Distinguished Visitors, WEF/Young Global Leaders/2005 |
Poly Bilderberger Hoover Institution Fellow historian, WEF YGL 2005, attended the WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | |
Not to be confused with Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist who promoted the UK Covid Lockdown in 2020.
Niall Ferguson is a Bilderberger historian. He describes himself as a "classical liberal", with works that are extremely supportive of free markets and a "robust" American foreign policy; ideas that corporations and high-net-worth individuals find so appealing that they pay him $75,000 for each speech.
Activities
Ferguson charges between $50,000 to $75,000 to hold standard speeches, mostly to corporate executives,[1] with on average, one of these speeches a month. Ferguson relinquished his academic sinecure at Harvard Business School- though not his other academic affiliations at Harvard - because the rewards from public speaking exceed business school salaries. When asked what motivated him to write for a public audience, he responded immediately, "I did it all for the money."[2]
In a profile, Esquire's Stephen Marche wrote "That [speaker's fee] means that Ferguson doesn't have to please his publishers; he doesn't have to please his editors; he sure as hell doesn't have to please scholars. He has to please corporations and high-net-worth individuals, the people who can pay 50 to 75K to hear him talk."[2]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/2009 | 14 May 2009 | 17 May 2009 | Greece Vouliagmeni | The 57th Bilderberg |
| Bilderberg/2010 | 3 June 2010 | 6 June 2010 | Spain Hotel Dolce Sitges Barcelona | The 122 guests met in the Hotel Dolce Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. |
| Bilderberg/2012 | 31 May 2012 | 3 June 2012 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there. |
| Bilderberg/2016 | 9 June 2016 | 12 June 2016 | Germany Dresden | The 2016 Bilderberg meeting took place in Dresden, Germany. |
| Bilderberg/2017 | 1 June 2017 | 4 June 2017 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 65th Bilderberg Meeting |
| Bilderberg/2018 | 7 June 2018 | 10 June 2018 | Italy Turin Hotel Torino Lingotto Congress | The 66th Bilderberg Meeting, in Turin, Italy, known for months in advance after an unprecedented leak by the Serbian government. |
| Bilderberg/2019 | 30 May 2019 | 2 June 2019 | Switzerland Montreux | The 67th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Switzerland, the last before the COVID-19 operation that so many Bilderbergers were involved in |
| Bilderberg/2023 | 18 May 2023 | 21 May 2023 | Portugal Lisbon Pestana Palace Hotel | The 69th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Lisbon, with 128 guests on the official list. The earliest in the year since 2009. |
| Bilderberg/2024 | 30 May 2024 | 2 June 2024 | Spain Madrid | The 70th Bilderberg Meeting |
| Dialog/2013 | 2013 | 2013 | The 2013 meeting of a secretive, invite-only network founded by Peter Thiel. The list of participants was discovered in the Jeffrey Epstein e-mails. | |
| Munich Security Conference/2013 | 1 February 2013 | 3 February 2013 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 49th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2024 | 16 February 2024 | 18 February 2024 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2011 | 26 January 2011 | 30 January 2011 | Switzerland WEF | 2228 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality". |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2012 | 25 January 2012 | 29 January 2012 | Switzerland WEF | 2113 guests in Davos |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | Switzerland WEF | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2023 | 16 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | Switzerland WEF | The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2025 | 20 January 2025 | 24 January 2025 | Switzerland WEF | Brought more than 2,500 delegates to Davos from government, business and civil society of whom 809 are listed here. |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2026 | 19 January 2026 | 23 January 2026 | Switzerland WEF | Held in Davos, Switzerland January 2026. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2011 | 2011 | 2011 | ||
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2012 | 2012 | 2012 | The 2012 Yalta European Strategy Meeting | |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2013 | 2013 | 2013 | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. | |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2016 | 15 September 2016 | 17 September 2016 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2018 | 13 September 2018 | 15 September 2018 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2019 | 12 September 2019 | 14 September 2019 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2021 | 9 September 2021 | 11 September 2021 | Ukraine Kiev | In 2021 activities were held in smaller sessions, with the traditional YES Annual Meeting postponed to next year |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2022 | 9 September 2022 | 10 September 2022 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2023 | 8 September 2023 | 9 September 2023 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2024 | 13 September 2024 | 14 September 2024 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2025 | 13 September 2025 | 15 September 2025 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |