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.
Read more about this topic: Schwab Foundation For Social Entrepreneurship
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