The World Economic Forum, created in 1971, has gradually become essential in Switzerland and internationally, carried by its founder, now dismissed. Account of the trajectory of a unique manifestation, which fascinates as much as it revolts
Posted on May 03, 2025 at 05:50. / Modified on May 03, 2025 at 07:46.
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More than half a century. This is the time that Klaus Schwab spent at the head of the World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum, WEF), to direct a foundation that has managed the tour de force to bring together in a small town of the Grisons in a small town, the greats of this world, presidents, business leaders, philanthropists, diplomats, economists, NGOs. For a mission as complex as it is simple to formulate: “make the world better”. And this by defending a capitalism which seeks to meet the needs of all stakeholders (Klaus Schwab, Manifesto of 1973).
-The longevity of Klaus Schwab in the organization contrasts with his shattering departure. In mid-April 2025, an anonymous letter listing ethical and financial shortcomings led to the opening of an independent investigation launched by the WEF. What to push to the resignation Klaus Schwab, who however disputes all these allegations and files complaints against X for defamation. Its withdrawal appears to be the culmination of a crisis in the WEF in June 2024: the revelations of a survey of the American economic media Wall Street Journal then undermined the image of a WEF with progressive ideals.
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