Wael Ghoneim

Egyptian Google executive Wael Ghoneim attends a roundtable discussion entitled Youth, Jobs, and Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and North Africa at the IMF/World Bank Spring meetings in Washington,DC on April 15, 2011. Ghoneim who became the hero of the Egyptian revolution cropped up at the pinnacle of international finance, chiding the elites for supporting ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak. "I actually feel like Joe the Plumber," said Wael Ghoneim, drawing laughs after his introduction on a panel at the International Monetary Fund headquarters. The inside-America reference to a plumber whose videotaped questioning of presidential candidate Barack Obama propelled him to national fame was a savvy setup for his participation on the high-level panel on youth and jobs in the Middle East and North Africa.