The following information provides a
reflection on some facts and statistics about the GABM organization as at
August 2011:
GABM
Associate Membership Statistics:
- GABM has 326 185 registered associate members in its designated African, Asian, Australian, European, North American and South American continents
- 71% of GABM associate members are corporations
- 29% of GABM associate members are professional individuals
- 3% of GABM’s associate members are billionaires having platinum status
- 96% of GABM’s associate members are millionaires having gold status
- 1% of GABM’s associate members are honorary associate members with silver status
- 68% of GABM’s individual associate members are Male and 32% Female
- 85% of GABM’s individual associate members have a Degree/Diploma and 36% have a post graduate degree
- 90% of GABM’s individual associate members have Senior Executive/Manager positions
- 42% of GABM’s associate members are from the North American Continent
- 29% of GABM’s associate members are from the European Continent
- 26% of GABM’s associate members are from the Asian Continent
- 1% of GABM’s associate members are from the African Continent
- 1% of GABM’s associate members are from the from the Australian Continent
- 1% of GABM’s associate members are from the from the South American Continent
- The age groups of GABM’s individual associate members are:
- 19% for those between 28 – 35 years old
- 53% for those between 36 – 50 years old
- 28% for those between 51 – 65 years old
African
Continent Statistics:
- 1% of the registered GABM associate members are from the African Continent
- 15% of the 12 369 students sponsored in the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program were sponsored by GABM associate members from the African Continent
- 62% of the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program candidates come from the African Continent
- 100% of the more than 20 000 ‘Adopt an Entrepreneur’ Program candidates, who have benefitted from the more than $45-million US Dollar in grants from the GABM African Entrepreneurial Development Fund, come from the African Continent
Asian
Continent Statistics:
- 26% of the registered GABM associate members are from the Asian Continent
- 20% of the 12 369 students sponsored in the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program were sponsored by GABM associate members from the Asian Continent
- 7% of the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program candidates come from the Asian Continent
- 15% of the $125-million US Dollar GABM African Entrepreneurial Development Fund capital were donated by GABM associate members from the Asian Continent
- 12% of the $1-billion US Dollar IBDF Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the Asian Continent
- 16% of the $1-billion US Dollar Summit Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the Asian Continent
- 20% of the $1-billion US Dollar BDP Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the Asian Continent
- 23% of the $1-billion US Dollar GABM Investment Fund I investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the Asian Continent
- 28% of the $1-billion GABM Investment Fund II investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the Asian Continent
- 25% of the $1-billion US Dollar GABM Investment Fund III investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the Asian Continent
Australian
Continent Statistics:
- 1% of the registered GABM associate members are from the Australian Continent
- 6% of the 12 369 students sponsored in the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program were sponsored by GABM associate members from the Australian Continent
- 2% of the $1-billion US Dollar Summit Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the Australian Continent
- 1% of the $1-billion US Dollar BDP Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the Australian Continent
- 4% of the $1-billion US Dollar GABM Investment Fund III investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the Australian Continent
European
Continent Statistics:
- 29% of the registered GABM associate members are from the European Continent
- 24% of the 12 369 students sponsored in the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program were sponsored by GABM associate members from the European Continent
- 12% of the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program candidates come from the European Continent
- 30% of the $125-million US Dollar GABM African Entrepreneurial Development Fund capital were donated by GABM associate members from the European Continent
- 25% of the $1-billion US Dollar IBDF Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the European Continent
- 33% of the $1-billion US Dollar Summit Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the European Continent
- 34% of the $1-billion US Dollar BDP Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the European Continent
- 36% of the $1-billion US Dollar GABM Investment Fund I investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the European Continent
- 40% of the $1-billion US Dollar GABM Investment Fund II investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the European Continent
- 33% of the $1-billion US Dollar GABM Investment Fund III investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the European Continent
North
American Continent Statistics:
- 42% of the registered GABM associate members are from the North American Continent
- 29% of the 12 369 students sponsored in the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program were sponsored by GABM associate members from the North American Continent
- 8% of the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program candidates come from the North American Continent
- 55% of the $125-million US Dollar GABM African Entrepreneurial Development Fund capital were donated by GABM associate members from the North American Continent
- 63% of the $1-billion US Dollar IBDF Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the North American Continent
- 49% of the $1-billion US Dollar Summit Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the North American Continent
- 45% of the $1-billion US Dollar BDP Private Equity Fund investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the North American Continent
- 41% of the $1-billion US Dollar GABM Investment Fund I investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the North American Continent
- 32% of the $1-billion US Dollar GABM Investment Fund II investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the North American Continent
- 38% of the $1-billion US Dollar GABM Investment Fund III investment capital were provided by GABM associate members from the North American Continent
South
American Continent Statistics:
- 1% of the registered GABM associate members are from the South American Continent
- 5% of the 12 369 students sponsored in the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program were sponsored by GABM associate members from the South American Continent
- 11% of the ‘Adopt a Student’ Program candidates come from
the South American Continent
Corporate Investments and
Partnerships
To date more than $4-billion US
Dollar has been invested from GABM’s ten $1-billion US Dollar funds in
thousands of large business development projects all over the world. More than
100 000 permanent and temporarily job opportunities have been created in the
process.
Equity Grants
To date GABM has made equity grants
to the following deserving natural and humanitarian disasters from funds
received in terms of new GABM associate membership fees.
- Asian Tsunami: $10-million US Dollar
- Hurricane Katrina: $10-million US Dollar
- Haiti Earthquake: $20-million US Dollar
- Japan Earthquake: $15-million US Dollar
- Japan Earthquake: $20-million US Dollar
- Somalia Famine Crisis: $2-million US Dollar
- Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: $10-million US Dollar
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