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Klaus Schwab, who founded it and still heads it, was at the time a professor of economics.
FORBES: Davos Is About More Than Money
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"The Annual Meeting 2009 is one of the most crucial in the near 40-year history of the World Economic Forum, " WEF founder Klaus Schwab told journalists on Wednesday.
CNN: Economic crisis dominates Davos agenda
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Davos organizer Klaus Schwab, who founded the event in 1971, warned that despite such an influential guest list, the 2008 meeting was unlikely to deliver any short-term solutions.
CNN: Market avalanches hit Davos talks
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Klaus Schwab, president of the World Economic Forum, urged business leaders and politicians to launch personal clean-up crusades to regain confidence lost through debacles such as the Enron scandal.
BBC: Economic gloom at Davos forum
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First, I went straight to the source: Klaus Schwab.
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Speaking to CNN, WEF founder Klaus Schwab said the world was in the midst of a "transformational crisis" and admitted that Davos 2009 would be "more concerned, more austere and more modest" than previous events.
CNN: Davos delegates gather to 'shape new world'
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With somewhere in the region of 2, 500 business leaders and politicians expected in the picturesque alpine ski resort for the five-day event, Klaus Schwab told CNN he sensed a determination among them to seize the initiative this year.
CNN: 'Mr Davos' optimistic ahead of 40th annual meeting
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We start with two wishes for everyone at the World Economic Forum from our host, Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the forum: 1. use your energy to advance collaborative innovation, 2. be an ambassador for good corporate behavior.
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