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Aspen Global Leadership Network membership requirements

Every criterion Aspen Global Leadership Network publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it — plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

Read a requirement as the organization's published floor, not as a promise. A revenue test may have alternative versions for different business types, chapters can set stricter local tests, and invitation-only bodies publish criteria that describe members rather than admit them.

Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Invitation	Nomination required; there is no open application to the Henry Crown Fellowship	The Henry Crown Fellowship site carries a "Nominate" section rather than an apply page, and describes each class as "chosen from a wide pool". Other AGLN fellowships also run on nomination.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum age	Henry Crown Fellowship: aged 30 to 46	"Each class of Fellows is chosen from a wide pool of accomplished entrepreneurial leaders between the ages of 30 and 46." Age bands differ across the other AGLN fellowships.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Maximum age at joining	Henry Crown Fellowship: aged 30 to 46	Applies to the Henry Crown Fellowship only.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion	Commitment to attend all four seminars (about 24-25 days over two years) and to design and carry out a leadership venture	The programme page sets out the four-seminar sequence and the required venture.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Role or title	Henry Crown Fellowship: accomplished entrepreneurial leaders who have already achieved considerable success in the private sector	Aspen describes candidates as being "at an inflection point in their lives or careers". No revenue or company-size test is published.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗

How admission works

Application process

Entry is by nomination. Recognised leaders put candidates forward to the relevant fellowship, which runs its own screening, and the Henry Crown Fellowship publishes candidate resources and a pre-interview stage for nominees who advance. Nominees must commit in advance to attend all four seminars on the published dates. Each constituent fellowship in the network runs its own nomination cycle and criteria.

Invitation required

Yes

Sponsor required

Yes

Selectivity

The Henry Crown Fellowship states that a class of 20 to 22 leaders is chosen each year from a wide pool; no acceptance rate or nomination volume is published.

Membership term

Two-year fellowship followed by lifetime membership of the network

Primary audience

Mid-career leaders who have already achieved substantial success in business, government or the non-profit sector and are looking to convert it into public impact

Typical member

Fellows are established leaders, typically at an inflection point in their careers. The flagship Henry Crown Fellowship draws entrepreneurial private-sector leaders aged between 30 and 46; other fellowships in the network are organised by sector (finance, health, technology, arts and culture, civil society) or by region.

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If not: alternatives to Aspen Global Leadership Network — Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle, Forum of Young Global Leaders, Global Shapers Community, Renaissance Weekend.

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

Aspen Global Leadership Network, Aspen Institute. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Aspen Global Leadership Network (read via the Internet Archive, capture of 28 July 2026), Aspen Institute / Internet Archive. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
About the AGLN, Aspen Institute. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
About the AGLN (read via the Internet Archive, capture of 8 December 2025), Aspen Institute / Internet Archive. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Henry Crown Fellowship, Aspen Institute. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Henry Crown Fellowship (read via the Internet Archive, capture of 28 July 2026), Aspen Institute / Internet Archive. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
The Program — Henry Crown Fellowship, Aspen Institute. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
The Program — Henry Crown Fellowship (read via the Internet Archive, capture of 15 December 2025), Aspen Institute / Internet Archive. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.