Johnny Vedmore is a journalist whose strength is investigating family histories.
In this conversation, he discusses the background and family history of the World Economic Forum’s Klaus Scwhab.
Summary
Klaus Schwab is the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual gathering of global leaders.
The WEF was originally founded in 1971 as the European Management Forum before expanding its focus and changing its name in 1987.
Johnny traces its origins to a similar program that Harvard University and the CIA funded. This Harvard programme, known as the International Seminar, was part of a broader American strategy to groom potential young foreign leaders and ensure they would be amenable to US interests.
Schwab founded the WEF’s Young Global Leaders (YGL) program, which has been instrumental in placing many individuals into influential roles in business, civil society, and politics.
You will own nothing and you will be happy.
Klaus Schwab
