Klaus Schwab

Born in Württemberg in 1938, Klaus Schwab was the son of a Swiss industrialist with deep entanglements in the N-zi war machine. His early education was divided between the tranquility of Zürich and the recovering ruins of postwar Germany. His academic trajectory was precise and deliberate. By the 1960s, he held doctorates in both engineering and economics, and a master's from Harvard, where he was mentored by Henry Kissinger. Schwab began teaching business policy in Geneva, but his true legacy would emerge when in 1971, he founded the European Management Forum, an annual summit where billionaires, technocrats, and world leaders could converge to discuss the future. It would later evolve into the organization that now rules Europe under an iron fist. Schwab founded the World Economic Forum in 1971 with a singular mission: to cultivate the minds that would "shape global, regional, and industrial agendas". For decades, he has played the long game: quiet conferences, networking, and countless white papers on the fusion of state and the market. Most dismissed him as a harmless futurist. Fools. Klaus Schwab spent his life whispering into the ears of prime ministers and presidents, but he has finally stepped from the shadows. As the Commission invites the WEF technocrats to assume control, Schwab offers the culmination of his life's work: under Agenda 2040 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Europe will be rebuilt; not for humans as they are, but for what Schwab insists they must become. Only one question remains: Are you ready for ze New World Order?