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InSearchofDavosMan

PeterGumbelWilliamBrowderwasborninPrinceton,New

Jersey,grewupinChicago，andstudiedatStanfordUniversityin

California.Butdon’tcallhimanAmerican.Forthepast16ofhis

40yearshehaslivedoutsidetheU.S.,firstinLondonandthen,

from1996,inMoscow,whereherunshisowninvestmentfirm.

Browdernowmanages$1.6billioninassets.In1998hegaveup

hisAmericanpassporttobecomeaBritishcitizen,sincehislifeis

nowcenteredinEurope.“Nationalidentitymakesnodifference

forme,”hesays.“Ifeelcompletelyinternational.Ifyouhave

fourgoodfriendsandyoulikewhatyouaredoing,itdoesn’t

matterwhereyouare.That’sglobalization.”

AlexMandlisalsoaferventbelieveringlobalization,buthe

viewshimselfverydifferently.AformerpresidentofATT,

Mandl,61,wasborninAustriaandnowrunsaFrenchtechnology

company,whichisdoingmoreandmorebusinessinChina.He

reckonshespendsabout90%ofhistimetravelingonbusiness.

Butdespiteallthatglobetrotting,MandlwhohasbeenaU.S.

citizenfor45yearsstillidentifieshimselfasanAmerican.“Isee

myselfasAmericanwithoutanyhesitation.ThefactthatIspend

alotoftimeinotherplacesdoesn’tchangethat,”hesays.

AlthoughBrowderandMandldefinetheirnationality

differently,bothseetheiridentityasamatterofpersonalchoice,

notanaccidentofbirth.Andnotincidentally,bothareDavos

Men,membersoftheinternationalbusinesselitewhotrekeach

yeartotheSwissAlpinetownfortheannualmeetingoftheworld

EconomicForum,foundedin1971.Thisweek,Browderand

Mandlwilljoinmorethan2,200executives,politicians,academics,

journalists,writersandahandfulofHollywoodstarsforfivedays

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