Founder and Chairman of the World Peace Foundation

Tom Oliver believes business should be a catalyst for global social change¹ ². Oliver founded The World Peace Festival (WPF) and The World Peace Foundation, of which he remains Chairman to date.³ ⁴ ⁵

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu called the inaugural event of the World Peace Foundation, the World Peace Festival in Berlin in 2011, “the most influential peace gathering in history”.⁶ ⁷

Nobel Peace Prize laureate the Dalai Lama has called the World Peace Foundation “a global community of millions of people who take an active stance for peace”.⁸

The World Peace Foundation (WPF) is the independent charitable arm of The Tom Oliver Group and is dedicated to strengthening global peace and security.⁹

The Tom Oliver Group covers 100% of the operating expenses of The World Peace Foundation.¹⁰¹¹

Demonstrating practical global leadership in action, Tom Oliver united for the first time in history the most diverse group of world and business leaders around a shared cause.

The World Peace Foundation and World Peace Festival have been supported by an impressive array of individuals and organisations:

Heads of state like Michelle Bachelet¹²
Hollywood and Bollywood actors including Billy Zane and Anil Kapoor¹³
Nobel Peace Prize winners such as the Dalai Lama, Mairead Maguire, Shirin Ebadi and Desmond Tutu¹⁴
Assistant UN Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Jordan Ryan ¹⁵
5-star military generals such as Major General Tim Cross
Worldwide best-selling author and founder of The Chopra Foundation, Deepak Chopra
Premier corporations like DDB, Puma, Virgin Unite, and Google.¹⁶ ¹⁷ ¹⁸ ¹⁹ ²⁰ ²¹ ²² ²³ ²⁴

WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION

Footnotes

Global Philanthropists Circle - http://www.synergos.org/globalgivingmatters/features/1111peace.htm
World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org/contacts
World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org/contacts
Times of India - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Educational-institute-calls-for-peace-harmony/articleshow/18140852.cms
Fortune - https://www.fortuneturkey.com/devlerin-akil-hocasi-42228
World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org/testimonials-2/
Desmond Tutu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpIied9hPkY&list=PLEiuLgxOQQdEl743QB9w-oxNaTN2mmyCz
World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org/
Times of India - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Educational-institute-calls-for-peace-harmony/articleshow/18140852.cms
World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org
Global Philanthropists Circle - http://www.synergos.org/globalgivingmatters/features/1111peace.htm
Michelle Bachelet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh0lcNJmLQ0&feature=emb_logo
Times of India - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Educational-institute-calls-for-peace-harmony/articleshow/18140852.cms
World Peace Festival - https://web.archive.org/web/20110210060816/http://www.worldpeacefestival.org/
World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org/testimonials-2//
World Peace Foundation partners - https://world-peace-foundation.org/partners/
The most influential peace gathering in history - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPzGeuGZLpo
World Peace Festival - https://web.archive.org/web/20110309010624/http://vimeo.com/1284701
World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org/
World Peace Foundation - https://world-peace-foundation.org/topics/
World Peace Festival - Berlin - https://www.betterworld.info/peace/general-info/peace-events-films/peace-events/world-peace-festival-berlin-2011
Berlin Radio - https://www.google.fr/amp/s/indiscussion.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/tom-oliver-ceo-founder-world-peace-festival-an-introduction-the-world-peace-festival-berlin-radio-streaming-broadcast-june-20-2011/amp/
World Peace Festival - https://web.archive.org/web/20120413110317/http://www.worldpeacefestival.org/
World Peace Festival - Berlin - https://www.peacedirect.org/world-peace-festival-berlin/