Within a few years, membership grew to include chapters in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

[6] They continue to focus on youth with the annual Global Student Entrepreneur Awards and pitch contest.

Some of the members were Kevin Harrington, of Shark Tank fame, Julie Brice, founder of I Can't Believe It's Yogurt, Neil Balter of the California Closet Company, and Lisa Renshaw of Penn Parking Inc.[12] Members are required to have controlling ownership of a company with annual revenue of at least one million dollars.

The Global Entrepreneur Indicator surveys a globally representative sample of entrepreneurs to predict economic trends in a number of areas, including job creation, profits and debt loads, economic forecasting, and the business environment.

In 2012, the GEI found that approximately 60% of businesses experienced a net profit, while 59% increased their employee headcount.