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The prize was awarded to Kristine and Douglas Tompkins for their work as entrepreneurs in the textile industry (The North Face, Esprit, Patagonia) and as founders of Patagonia Park in Aysen, Chile. The prize was also awarded to Mikhail Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former head of state of the USSR, Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric and economic adviser to US President Barack Obama, and Sir Christopher A. Pissarides, British professor of economics and politics at the London School of Economics and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
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El reconocimiento fue entregado a Kristine y Douglas Tompkins, como empresarios en el ámbito textil (The North Face, Esprit, Patagonia) y como fundadores del Parque Patagonia en Chile, a Mijail Gorbachov , el ex político soviético y jefe de Estado de la URSS, Premio Nobel de la Paz; a Jeffrey Immelt , CEO de General Electric, y asesor económico del presidente estadounidense, Barack Obama y a Sir Christopher A. Pissarides , científico británico profesor de economía y política en la London School of Economics, y profesor de Estudios Europeos de la Universidad de Chipre, Premio Nobel de Economía.
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