World Economic Forum
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The World Economic Forum is an international advocacy non-governmental organization and think tank, based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German enginee
Headquarters in Cologny, Switzerland
Klaus Schwab, founder and former executive chairman, World Economic Forum
Professor Klaus Schwab opens the inaugural European Management Forum in Davos in 1971.
F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela shake hands at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Davos in January 1992.
Larry Fink
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Laurence Douglas Fink is an American billionaire businessman. He is a co-founder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation. BlackRock is the largest
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…of "material wrongdoing" by Schwab or his wife Hilde, the Board pledged to strengthen governance structures. At the same time, the Forum appointed Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, and André Hoffmann, vice-chair of Roche Holding, as interim co-chairs of its board. In February 2026, Børge Brende, head of the World…
Fink in 2025
Fink, third from right, receiving a Woodrow Wilson Award in April 2010