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Klaus Schwab

1938 - Today

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Schwab has received more than 5,570,242 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Klaus Schwab is the 15th most popular economist (up from 29th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 384th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Klaus Schwab ranks 15 out of 414. Before him are Vilfredo Pareto, Joseph Schumpeter, Frédéric Passy, Alfred Marshall, François Quesnay, and Ludwig von Mises. After him are John Law, Gunnar Myrdal, Paul Samuelson, Jean-Baptiste Say, Mario Draghi, and Amartya Sen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Klaus Schwab ranks 15. Before him are Jon Voight, Nico, Islam Karimov, Leonid Kuchma, Farah Pahlavi, and Luis Aragonés. After him are Alberto Fujimori, Joe Dassin, Jerry Brown, Anthony Giddens, Christopher Lloyd, and Paul Verhoeven.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Schwab ranks 262 out of 7,253. Before him are Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886), Karl Weierstrass (1815), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), and Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850). After him are Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Ernst Jünger (1895), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), John of Austria (1547), and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Klaus Schwab ranks 2. Before him are Karl Marx (1818). After him are Wassily Leontief (1906), Friedrich List (1789), Werner Sombart (1863), Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Eugen Dühring (1833), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Alfred Weber (1868), Gottfried Feder (1883), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), and Lorenz von Stein (1815).

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