Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, is stepping down as chairman of the forum’s Board of Trustees according to a statement issued on Monday. "Following my recent announcement and at the start of my 88th year,

The World Economic Forum says its founder Klaus Schwab is retiring as chairman. The announcement on Monday comes more than a half-century after Schwab, 87, created the Geneva-based think tank that is best known for hosting an annual meeting of political,

Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum which gathers the world's business and political elite in the Swiss mountain village of Davos every year, has resigned as chair of its board of trustees,