April 21 (UPI) --The chairman of the World Economic Forum will step down "with immediate effect," the Swiss-based non-governmental organization announced Monday. On Sunday, during a special ...

Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), is facing renewed scrutiny from the very institution he built, after a whistleblower’s letter alleged financial and ethical misconduct ...

Klaus Schwab, the founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), has officially resigned from his position at the organization he established more than half a century ago. The WEF ...

Schwab, 87, has denied any wrongdoing, claiming he's the victim of “character assassination." “I developed the methodology for the Competitiveness Report originally in 1979 and remain its ...

Klaus Schwab, founder and longtime president of the World Economic Forum, has announced his retirement "with immediate effect." The decision was communicated by the organization itself.

World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab told the staff and the board of trustees that he will step down as chairman, in the wake of a board investigation into the Davos organizer’s workplace ...

Klaus Schwab resigns from WEF at 87; Peter Brabeck-Letmathe named interim chairmain. Several executives exit Forum as leadership probe prompts reorganization Unlock your all-in-one trading ...

On the day Pope Francis died, on April 21, 2025, Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), stepped down from his leadership role. Whether the two events are linked or not ...

On Sunday, during a special meeting, the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum accepted the resignation of its longtime leader Klaus Schwab. "Following my recent announcement, and as I ...