The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is a Swiss not-for-profit organization founded in 1998 that provides platforms at regional, national, and global levels to promote social entrepreneur
Hilde Schwab at the WEF Social Entrepreneurs Wrap-up in 2018
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Klaus Martin Schwab is a German mechanical engineer, economist, and founder of the World Economic Forum. He was the WEF's chairman from 1971 until his resignation in 2025.
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
…Over 950 million people in 190 countries are impacted each year by more than 500 social entrepreneurs it has backed. In 1998, Klaus Schwab and his wife Hilde created the independent not-for-profit Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. Its mission was to promote social innovation…
Schwab in 2011
Schwab (rightmost) opens the inaugural European Management Forum in Davos in 1971.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Schwab shaking hands at the World Economic Forum Russia CEO Roundtable in June 2007