WEF

The World Economic Forum, founded by Klaus Schwab in 1971 and headquartered in Geneva, convenes the annual Davos meeting of corporate executives, heads of state, and selected media. Its documented influence architecture includes the Young Global Leaders program, which has cultivated future presidents and prime ministers, and formal partnership agreements with the United Nations. The Forum’s 2020 ‘Great Reset’ initiative and its promotional slogan ‘You’ll own nothing. And you’ll be happy’, drawn from a 2016 WEF-published essay and video, generated global controversy about unelected policy influence. Files tagged WEF document the Forum’s stated agendas, its stakeholder-capitalism governance model, and the measurable overlap between its programs and national policy personnel.