Based in the Swiss canton of Geneva, the World Economic Forum has managed to become a hub of global power since it was founded in 1971. For over 50 years, it has brought together leaders from politics, business, science, media, trade unions, NGOs, culture and churches, networked them with each other and brought them together with the richest people in the world. It has also been educating the world's corporate and political elite for more than 30 years. Whether it’s Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma from business or Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Viktor Orban or Vladimir Putin from politics – they are all “Global Leaders for Tomorrow” or “Young Global Leaders” through the WEF school went.
No wonder then that the founder of the forum, the German professor Klaus Schwab, is considered one of the most influential personalities of our time. But how far does his influence go? Is it possible that the WEF is now so powerful that Schwab even wrote the screenplay for the current world crisis with his book "Covid 2020 - The Great Reset", which was published in July 19?
The journalist Ernst Wolff gets to the bottom of this and many other questions about the origin and history of one of the most dazzling organizations in contemporary history in his new book.