--- title: Klaus Schwab | TIME description: Klaus Schwab is the founder of the World Economic Forum and the author of The Competitive Enterprise in the Intelligent Age. canonical: https://time.com/author/klaus-schwab/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/klaus-schwab/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Klaus Schwab ## Klaus Schwab Klaus Schwab is the founder of the World Economic Forum and the author of _The Competitive Enterprise in the Intelligent Age_. ## Klaus Schwab *  Jul 2, 2026 ### [Can Corporations Survive the Age of AI?](https://time.com/article/2026/07/01/can-corporations-survive-the-age-of-ai-/) AI is not simply changing how companies operate. It is changing what a company fundamentally is. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 14, 2026 ### [Universities Must Reinvent Themselves for the Intelligent Age](https://time.com/article/2026/04/13/universities-must-reinvent-themselves-for-the-intelligent-age/) In a world of constant change, the ability to reskill and adapt is the new stability, writes Klaus S... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 1, 2026 ### [Retirement Is a Strategic Mistake](https://time.com/7381776/retirement-is-a-strategic-mistake/) Klaus Schwab argues we should replace retirement with "phased transitions, advisory roles, and inter... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 5, 2026 ### [The Fragile Foundations of the Intelligent Age](https://time.com/7343078/fragile-foundations-intelligent-age-truth-trust/) Amidst political volatility and technological acceleration, our societal sense of truth and trust ar... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 30, 2025 ### [The End of Business as Usual](https://time.com/7329637/intelligent-age-business/) Klaus Schwab argues that "we are living through one of the most consequential transitions in the his... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 23, 2024 ### [Column: Radical Collaboration Is Needed to Boost Climate Funding](https://time.com/7095908/collaboration-public-private-philanthropy-climate-funding/) Working together, philanthropists, innovative scientists, venture capitalists, and governments make ... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Dec 2, 2019 ### [What Kind of Capitalism Do We Want?](https://time.com/5742066/klaus-schwab-stakeholder-capitalism-davos/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/klaus-schwab/","name":"Klaus Schwab"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/klaus-schwab/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/klaus-schwab/"},"name":"Klaus Schwab","jobTitle":"","description":"Klaus Schwab is the founder of the World Economic Forum and the author of The Competitive Enterprise in the Intelligent Age.","url":"https://time.com/author/klaus-schwab/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```