Klaus Schwab holds a Doctorate in Engineering and a Doctorate in Economics and Social Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute Zurich and the University of Fribourg and an MPA from Harvard University. Formerly managed the restructuring of a leading Swiss machine building group and was Professor of Business Policy in Geneva until 2003. Author of Modern Management (1970), conceptualizing ...
Since 1998, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has brought together pioneering social innovators across diverse sectors and geographies. Its annual Schwab Foundation Awards identify and promote the adoption of innovative and systemic solutions to address social inequality and environmental challenges worldwide. Here are the 18 finalists of the 2026 Schwab Foundation Awards.
Professor Klaus Schwab was born in Ravensburg, Germany in 1938. He is Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.
The Schwab Foundation Awards 2025 celebrate 18 social entrepreneurs and innovators from 15 organizations spanning 13 countries who are driving systemic change worldwide. This year’s awardees are transforming healthcare and education, creating livelihoods for economically marginalized communities, protecting nature and more. The Schwab Foundation Awards kick off a three-year journey to ...
The changes we have already seen in response to COVID-19 prove that a reset of our economic model is possible. Professor Klaus Schwab outlines how to achieve it.
Klaus Schwab We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before.
Schwab warns the challenges will require us to rebuild trust: 'trust in our future, trust in our capacity to overcome challenges, and trust in each other.' #wef24