Orsan, What are you trying to say with this bio of Schwab?
Anna > On 19 Sep 2015, at 00:33, Orsan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman > > > Professor Klaus Schwab is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World > Economic Forum, an independent, impartial, not-for-profit Foundation > committed to improving the state of the world. Since its inception in 1971, > the Forum has become the world’s foremost multistakeholder organization and > has been a driver for reconciliation efforts in different parts of the world, > as well as the catalyst of numerous public-private partnerships and > international initiatives. See the history page for more information. > > In 1998, Klaus Schwab and his wife Hilde created the Schwab Foundation for > Social Entrepreneurship, which seeks to identify, recognize and disseminate > initiatives in social entrepreneurship that have significantly improved > people’s lives and have the potential to be replicated on a global scale. The > Foundation supports a network of 200 social entrepreneurs around the world. > > In 2004, Klaus Schwab established, with the financial contribution he > received as part of the Dan David Prize, a new foundation: the Forum of Young > Global Leaders (targeted at leaders below 40 years of age); and, in 2011, he > created the Global Shapers Community (targeted at potential leaders between > the ages of 20 and 30). The purpose of these two foundations is to integrate > young people as a strong voice for the future into global decision-making > processes and to stimulate young people to engage in concrete projects that > address social problems. > > Under the leadership of Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum also > established communities providing the best expertise and knowledge for > problem-solving. Among those communities is the Network of Global Agenda > Councils, comprising more than 1,500 of the most knowledgeable and relevant > experts related to over 80 global, regional and industry challenges. > > The activities of the World Economic Forum comprise meetings that are > exclusively organized for its different communities and initiatives in line > with its mission of improving the state of the world. In the same context, it > also conducts research and produces reports. > > The Forum employs more than 500 people, with its headquarters in Geneva, > Switzerland, and additional offices in New York, Beijing and Tokyo. > > Professor Klaus Schwab holds two doctoral degrees, one in mechanical > engineering and one in economics and social sciences. He spent a year at > Harvard University and went on to be the youngest professor at the University > of Geneva. He has received numerous international and national honours. > > Klaus and Hilde Schwab were married in 1971. He has always followed, outside > his work in the above foundations, a broad range of academic, cultural and > public service interests. He enjoys sports and is a regular participant of > the Engadin Cross-country Ski Marathon. The Schwabs have two children and two > grandchildren. > > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkedLabour mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour
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