What is Klaus Schwab?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Klaus Schwab | image = Klaus Schwab - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpg | caption = Schwab in 2011 | office = Chairman of the [[World Economic Forum]] | term_start = 24 January 1971 | predecessor = ''Office established'' | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|3|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ravensburg]], [[Free People's State of Württemberg]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] | nationality = German | spouse = {{marriage|Hilde Schwab|1971}} | children = 2 | education = [[ETH Zürich]] ([[Doctor of Science|Dr. Sc. Tech]])<br>[[University of Fribourg]] ([[Doctor of Science|Dr. Rer. Pol]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master in Public Administration|MPA]]) | website = | module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Klaus Schwab voice.ogg|title=Klaus Schwab's voice|type=speech|description=Schwab introducing Canadian Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] at the 2012 World Economic Forum<br />Recorded 26 January 2012}} }} '''Klaus Martin Schwab''' (born 30 March 1938) is a German engineer and economist. He is best known as the founder and executive chairman of the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weforum.org/en/about/Our%20Organization/LeadershipTeam/index.htm#executive |title=Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman &#124; World Economic Forum-Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman |publisher=Weforum.org |access-date=2012-01-25}}</ref> He was born in [[Ravensburg]], Germany. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwab, Klaus}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:German mechanical engineers]] [[Category:German economists]] [[Category:German academics]] [[Category:German businesspeople]] [[Category:People from Baden-Württemberg]]