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1950 |
Ray Hickok founds the Young Presidents’ Organization in New York. |
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1951 |
YPO welcomes its first female member, Elsie Frankfort, president of Page Boy Fashions in Texas. |
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1956 |
Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover inducts YPO’s 100th member. |
| 1960 |
YPO hosts its first University in Miami Beach, Florida. |
| 1961 |
The Europe Chapter becomes the first chapter outside North America. Chapters in Japan, Mexico and the Caribbean follow. |
| 1975 |
Forum is established by the Northern California Chapter. |
| 1979 |
YPO elects its first non-North American International Chairman. |
| 1985 |
YPO reaches more than 5,000 members. |
| 1992 |
YPO founder Ray Hickok dies. The Hickok Award is created to recognize members who exemplify Ray Hickok’s legendary dedication to YPO. |
| 1998 |
The MyYPO website is created as a way to connect members around the world online. |
| 2000 |
YPO members celebrate YPO’s 50th year at an Anniversary Summit with notable speakers including Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan; Jack Welch, CEO of the General Electric Company; and Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |
| 2001 |
YPO launches the "Renaissance @YPO" and begins to focus on three guiding principles: Connectivity, Diversity and Excellence. |
| 2002 |
Powerful new networking tools and better ways of connecting online create an explosion of traffic on MyYPO. |
| 2006 |
YPO admits its 10,000th member, from the Shanghai Chapter. |
| 2007 |
YPO merges with WPO (World Presidents’ Organization) to create the premier lifelong leadership network. Membership grows to more than 16,000 members in 100 countries. |
| 2008 |
YPO and WPO launch regional and international Forums designed to provide members and spouses with a more culturally diverse Forum experience. |
| 2009 |
YPO and WPO launch YPO Global Pulse, a quarterly economic confidence index designed to share member perspectives on the economy and provide insight into emerging business opportunities around the world. |
