WORLD'S MOST NET-WORKED PERSON

  Western Union reveals the world’s most networked person

* A 26-year old Portuguese charity worker has today been named as the world’s most networked person. Hugo Pereira from Lisbon, Portugal, has topped the Network Challenge, a global search for the most globally connected individual on Facebook.

* The Network Challenge was launched by a leading money transfer provider, Western Union, in July 2011 to mark its 160^th Anniversary and celebrate its status as one of the world’s most globally connected companies, with more than 4,70,000 Agent locations in over 200 countries and territories.

* The global search was fuelled by a new interactive, online Application called Your World. It visualises Facebook users’ global connections and awards a score for how globally connected they are. Users can compare their ranking against their Facebook Friends; others in their country and others in the world.

* With 4,932 friends in 124 different locations across the globe, and a Network Score of 4,76,133, Portuguese national, Hugo Pereira, beat more than 2,50,000 Your World users worldwide to claim the title of the world’s most globally connected person. 

* By comparison, the average person in India has a Network Score of 1124 with 102 friends in 11 different locations.

Mr. Pereira attributes his feat to years of networking in his role as global president of charity AIESEC, the world’s largest youth-led organisation, which has 60,000 active members in more than 1,800 universities in 110 countries and territories.

* To celebrate Mr Pereira’s status, Western Union invited him to use his impressive global network as a force for good one month. He was given the opportunity to invite his Facebook Friends to participate in Western Union’s launch of a major new initiative.
                                                                                             [1st Nov, 2011]