23-924: For other uses, see Klaus (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] Look up Klaus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Klaus is a German , Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas . Notable persons whose family name is Klaus [ edit ] Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseball player Chris Klaus (born 1973), American entrepreneur Frank Klaus (1887–1948), German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion Fred Klaus (born 1967), German footballer Josef Klaus (1910–2001), Chancellor of Austria 1966–1970 Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1864), Russian chemist Václav Klaus (born 1941), Czech politician, former President of
46-587: A brief trial period, after telling Schwab she was pregnant. Schwab grew upset that she would not be able to continue working at the same pace, people familiar with the incident said, and told her she was not suited for her new leadership role. A fourth allegation was that Schwab ordered the firing of all individuals over 50 years of age at the WEF, which then HR-chief Paolo Gallo refused to do. After this, Schwab allegedly fired Gallo. The article then went on to discuss alleged misconduct by other high-ranking WEF officials, which
69-598: A business problem in mechanical engineering). He also earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Fribourg , and a Master in Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University . While attending Harvard, Schwab found a mentor in future National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger . Schwab was professor of business policy at
92-411: A position on the issues, instead offering only vague policy recommendations. The Financial Times ' innovation editor found "the clunking lifelessness of the prose" led him to "suspect this book really was written by humans—ones who inhabit a strange twilight world of stakeholders, externalities, inflection points and 'developtory sandboxes'." The political scientist Klaus-Gerd Giesen argued that
115-531: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Klaus (disambiguation) Klaus is both a German given name and a surname. Klaus may also refer to: Klaus Schwab Klaus Martin Schwab ( German: [klaʊs ˈmaʁtiːn ʃvaːp] ; born 30 March 1938) is a German mechanical engineer , economist , and founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has acted as
138-658: The University of Geneva from 1972 to 2003, and since then has been an honorary professor there. Schwab and his wife Hilde created the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in 1998. In 1971, Schwab founded the European Management Forum, which was renamed as the World Economic Forum in 1987. Also in 1971, he published Moderne Unternehmensführung im Maschinenbau . In 2003 Schwab appointed José María Figueres CEO of
161-1101: The World Economic Forum Klaus Tennstedt (1926–1998), German conductor Klaus Voormann (born 1938), artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles Klaus Wowereit (born 1953), German politician Nickname [ edit ] Klaus Maria Brandauer (born 1943), theatrical name of Klaus Georg Steng, Austrian actor Characters [ edit ] Klaus from Beyblade: Metal Masters Klaus from Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Klaus from Mother 3 Klaus Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events Klaus Daimler from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Klaus Hargreeves from The Umbrella Academy Klaus Heisler from American Dad! Klaus Mikaelson from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals Klaus von Wolfstadt from Maiden Rose Baron Klaus Wulfenbach from Girl Genius Klaus from Klaus Klaus from Animal Crossing: New Horizons Klaus,
184-882: The primary school in the Wädenswil district of Au, Zürich , in Switzerland. After World War II , his family moved back to Germany where Schwab attended the Spohn-Gymnasium in Ravensburg until his Abitur in 1957. In 1961, he graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, with a doctorate in engineering, with a dissertation titled Der längerfristige Exportkredit als betriebswirtschaftliches Problem des Maschinenbaues (Longer-term export credit as
207-538: The Czech Republic Walter K. Klaus (1912–2012), American politician and farmer Notable persons whose given name is Klaus [ edit ] Brother Klaus , Swiss patron saint Klaus Augenthaler (born 1957), German football player and manager Klaus Badelt (born 1967), German composer Klaus Barbie (1913–1991), German SS-Hauptsturmführer and Holocaust Perpetrator Klaus Bargsten (1911–2000), German captain and sole survivor of
230-620: The WEF awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to USWeb in 1998. Yet shortly after the deal went through, Schwab took a board seat at the same company, reaping valuable stock options. In June 2021, Schwab sharply criticised the "profiteering", "complacency" and "lack of commitment" of the municipality of Davos in relation to the WEF annual meeting. He mentioned that the preparation of the COVID-related meeting in Singapore in 2021/2022 had created an alternative to its Swiss host and sees
253-741: The WEF was formally recognised by the Swiss Government as an "international body". Schwab has authored or co-authored several books. Some consider him to be "an evangelist" for "stakeholder capitalism". The Fourth Industrial Revolution , the subject of a 2016 book he wrote, is an idea he is credited with popularising. In January 2017, Steven Poole in The Guardian criticised Schwab's Fourth Industrial Revolution book, pointing out that "the internet of things" would probably be hackable. He also criticised Schwab for showing that future technologies may be used for good or evil, but not taking
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#1732780569716276-560: The WEF's chairman since founding the organisation in 1971. In May 2024, WEF announced that Schwab will move from his role as Executive Chairman to chairman of the Board of Trustees by January 2025. No successor has been named. Klaus Martin Schwab was born on 30 March 1938, to Eugen Wilhelm Schwab and Erika Epprecht in Ravensburg . His parents had moved from Switzerland to Germany during the Third Reich in order for his father to assume
299-661: The WEF, as his successor. In October 2004, Figueres resigned over his undeclared receipt of more than US$ 900,000 in consultancy fees from the French telecommunications firm Alcatel while he was working at the Forum. In 2006, Transparency International highlighted this incident in their Global Corruption Report . Schwab founded the Global Shapers Community in 2011 within the WEF to work with young people in "shaping local, regional and global agendas." In 2015,
322-916: The WEF. Among other awards, Schwab has been conferred with the French Legion of Honour (knight distinction), the Grand Cross with Star of the National Order of Germany , and the Japanese Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun . He also was awarded the Dan David Prize , and was recognized by Queen Elizabeth as an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George . Schwab has also received honorary degrees from various universities, including
345-500: The WSJ article was reported on, separately and respectively, in Swiss daily newspapers Tages-Anzeiger and Neue Zürcher Zeitung , where WEF further commented that "it is deeply disappointing that the WSJ made provably false allegations" and that there existed a zero-tolerance policy for this sort of misconduct. In the aftermath of these revelations, some commentators pondered the future of
368-520: The chance that the annual meeting will stay in Davos at between 40 and 70 per cent. On June 29, 2024, The Wall Street Journal published an article, authored by staff reporters Shalini Ramachandran and Khadeeja Safdar, stating that Schwab is accused by former WEF employees of having engaged in two instances of sexual harassment. Furthermore, a former employee alleges that she was "pushed out" from her role as leader of an initiative for startups, following
391-463: The context of ongoing public contributions to the WEF and the fact that the Forum does not pay any federal taxes. Moreover, the former Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung journalist Jürgen Dunsch made the criticism that the WEF's financial reports were not very transparent since neither income nor expenditures were broken down. Schwab has also drawn ire for mixing the finances of the not-for-profit WEF and other for-profit business ventures. For example,
414-484: The dominant ideology of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is transhumanism . While Schwab declared that excessively high management salaries were "no longer socially acceptable", his own annual salary of about one million Swiss francs (a little more than US$ 1 million) has been repeatedly questioned by the media. The Swiss radio and television corporation SRF mentioned this salary level in
437-812: The intended article. References [ edit ] ^ "Klövskog, Nurmijärvi, Nyland" (in Swedish). Finlandssvenska bebyggelsenamn . Retrieved September 14, 2019 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klaus&oldid=1252737375 " Categories : Given names Surnames German masculine given names Masculine given names Dutch masculine given names Norwegian masculine given names Swedish masculine given names Danish masculine given names Finnish masculine given names Icelandic masculine given names Surnames from given names Hidden categories: CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv) Articles with short description Short description
460-463: The role of director at Escher Wyss AG , an industrial company and contractor for the Nazi regime. Although his father was baptized Lutheran, Schwab was raised Catholic . Although having three Swiss grandparents and two Swiss brothers, he is a citizen of Germany and has declined multiple offers for naturalization, from both Kurt Furgler and Ueli Maurer . Schwab attended first and second grades at
483-1715: The sunken U-boat U-521 in World War II Klaus Berntsen (1844–1927), Danish politician Klaus Dede (1935–2018), German writer Klaus Doldinger (born 1936), German musician Klaus Fischer (born 1949), German footballer Klaus Flouride (born 1949), bassist of the Dead Kennedys Klaus Fuchs (1911–1988), German theoretical physicist and atomic spy Klaus Gerhart (born 1965), outdoorsman and photographer Klaus Iohannis (born 1959), Romanian politician Klaus Isekenmeier (born 1975), German decathlete Klaus Kinkel (1936–2019), German politician Klaus Kinski (1926–1991), German actor Klaus Köchl (born 1961), Austrian politician Klaus Lage (born 1950), German musician Klaus Lanzarini (born 1977), Italian freestyle swimmer Klaus Löwitsch (1936–2002), German actor Klaus Mäkelä , (born 1996) Finnish conductor and cellist Klaus Meine (born 1948), lead singer of German hard rock band Scorpions Klaus Mertens (born 1949), German singer Klaus Nomi (1944–1983), German entertainer Klaus Ofczarek (1939–2020), Austrian opera singer and actor Klaus Perwas (born 1971), German basketball coach and former player Klaus Rogge (born 1979), German rower Klaus Schilling (1871–1946), German experimenter in Nazi human concentration camp experiments executed for war crimes Klaus Schulten , computational biophysicist Klaus Schulze (1947-2022), German electronic music composer and musician Klaus Schwab (born 1938), German professor who founded
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#1732780569716506-564: The titular character from Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job See also [ edit ] Claus , a variant of the name Klaukkala , Finnish village, whose name is partly based on the name Klaus Klavs , a variant of the name Kloyz , a Yiddish school [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to
529-405: Was not directly related to Schwab. The WSJ article quoted the WEF's response to the specific allegations against Schwab, which the authors had gathered before publishing the article, as: "Schwab has never made sexual advances toward an employee and the women's allegations were vague and false" and that “Mr. Schwab does not and has never engaged in the vulgar behaviors you describe”. Three days later,
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