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Klaus Schwab
Klaus Martin Schwab is a German mechanical engineer, economist, and founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF). He was the WEF's chairman from 1971 until his resignation in 2025.
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science · Founder of the World Economic Forum (born 1938) · economist · pedagogue · engineer · scientist · also Klaus Schwab, Klaus Martin Schwab, Professor Klaus Martin Schwab, Professor Klaus Schwab, Schwab
Born 30 March 1938 · Q76793
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 6 entries
Bloomberg L.P.: Klaus Schwab in Talks With WEF to Resolve Their Dispute
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AOL: Klaus Schwab Under Investigation By WEF Following Whistleblower Allegations
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UPI: Klaus Schwab, founder and chair of World Economic Forum, retires after 55 years
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Reported claimRated False. The claims are baseless rumours spread by clickbait disinformation websites. · AAP
AAP rated the claim “World Economic Forum boss Klaus Schwab has been hospitalised or arrested.” False. The claims are baseless rumours spread by clickbait disinformation websites..
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AAP rated the claim “Anthony Albanese said he’s received a congratulatory call from World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab on the passing of new digital ID laws.” False. The claim originates from a parody X account..
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The WEF announced an internal investigation
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2024· 11 entries
Reported claimRated This is not true. Although the Vatican has published several letters to Mr Schwab, none of them mention appointing him to any position within the church. Claims about the WEF rewriting the Bible have been debunked before. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Pope Francis has appointed Klaus Schwab ‘universal bishop’ and authorised the World Economic Forum to rewrite the Bible.” This is not true. Although the Vatican has published several letters to Mr Schwab, none of them mention appointing him to any position within the church. Claims about the WEF rewriting the Bible have been debunked before..
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “WEF's Klaus Schwab congratulated Australian PM on digital ID law.” False.
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USA Today rated the claim “WEF founder Klaus Schwab is 'seriously ill' in the hospital” False.
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Reported claimRated There’s no evidence this is true. The WEF says claims he is hospitalised or dead are “entirely baseless”. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “The chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab is seriously ill in hospital “and may be dead”.” There’s no evidence this is true. The WEF says claims he is hospitalised or dead are “entirely baseless”..
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Snopes rated the claim “World Economic Forum executive chairman Klaus Schwab was arrested by Delta Force in April 2024.” Labeled Satire.
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AP News rated the claim “World Economic Forum executive chairman Klaus Schwab was recently admitted to the hospital in serious condition and might have died.” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab was hospitalized in early to mid-April 2024.” In Good Health.
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Yahoo: WEF Chairman Klaus Schwab Isn't Hospitalized, Spokesperson Says
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PolitiFact rated the claim “World Economic Forum founder and chairman Klaus Schwab hospitalized in critical condition on April 15.” False.
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USA Today rated the claim “Putin called Klaus Schwab a ‘global terrorist’” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Klaus Schwab wrote "You will own nothing and be happy" in his book The Great Reset” Never Said It.
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2023· 1 entry
Politifact: No evidence Klaus Schwab said United Nations’ 2030 Agenda is failing
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Global Economy Prize (2018).
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Won China Reform Friendship Medal (2018).
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2016· 1 entry
Schwab wrote a book about the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a concept first introduced by a team of scientists developing a high-tech strategy for the German government
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2015· 1 entry
The WEF was formally recognised by the Swiss Government as an "international body"
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2012).
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Published “A roadmap for graphene” in Nature — cited 8,886 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Within the WEF to work with young people in "shaping local, regional and global agendas
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Global Citizen Awards (2010).
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Nankai University (2009).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Dan David Prize (2004).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of University of Economics in Bratislava (1996).
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1986· 1 entry
Schwab arranged a first public meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Özal and Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, personally inviting both leaders to appear on the same panel in Davos
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1979· 1 entry
Beijing sent for the first time a delegation of high-ranking Chinese economists
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1978· 1 entry
Schwab invited Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who was leading China on a course of economic liberalization
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1973· 1 entry
Participants adopted the Davos Manifesto, a code of conduct based on Schwab's stakeholder concept, which states that "The professional function of corporate management is to serve customers, employees, investors, and soc
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1972· 1 entry
Schwab refused a management position at Mannesmann and Gutehoffnungshütte and instead accepted a part-time professorship in business policy at the University of Geneva
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1971· 2 entries
Career landmark: chairperson (1971–2025).
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Klaus Schwab published Moderne Unternehmensführung im Maschinenbau (Modern corporate management in mechanical engineering)
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1961· 1 entry
Graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, with a doctorate in engineering, with a dissertation titled Der längerfristige Exportkredit als betriebswirtschaftliches Pro
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1957· 1 entry
Studied at Spohn-Gymnasium Ravensburg, Abitur (1957).
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1938· 1 entry
Born 1938-03-30.
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