Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides platforms at the country, regional and global levels to promote social entrepreneurship.

History

Professor Klaus Schwab created the World Economic Forum as an independent not-for-profit foundation in 1971.

In 1998, Klaus Schwab and his wife Hilde decided to create a second complementary foundation, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, with the purpose to promote social innovation.

Pamela Hartigan, who joined in October 2000, was its first managing director.

Foundation Board

As of January 2011, the Foundation Board^[1] consisted of:

• Hilde Schwab (Chairperson, Co-Founder)
• Klaus Schwab (Co-Founder)
• Stephen Brenninkmeijer (Private Investor, Anthos, United Kingdom)
• Paulo Coelho (Brazilian author)
• David Gergen (Director, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA)
• Martin C. Halusa (Chief Executive Officer, Apax Partners LLP, United Kingdom)
• Princess Mathilde of Belgium (Honorary Board Member)
• Zanele Mbeki (Former First Lady of South Africa)
• Muhammad Yunus (Managing Director of Bangladesh's Grameen Bank)

References

External links

• Schwab Foundation website