Klaus Schwab

Klaus Martin Schwab is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.

He was born on March 30, 1938 in Ravensburg, Germany.^{1) 2)}

Schwab has two degrees, one in Economics and one in Engineering, both from Swiss universities and a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.^{3) 4)}

In 1998, with his wife Hilde, he created the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, which seeks to identify, recognize and disseminate initiatives in social entrepreneurship that have significantly improved people’s lives and have the potential to be replicated on a global scale.⁵⁾ The Foundation supports a network of over 350 social entrepreneurs around the world.

Klaus is the son of Eugen Schwab, born April 27, 1899 and deceased in 1982. Eugen was the Managing Director of the Nazi-supported German branch of Swiss engineering firm Escher-Wyss & Cie.^{6) 7)} He was also the Vice President and President of the Ravensburg Chamber of Commerce, and member of the Ravensburg Rotary.