The World Economic Forum’s founder has been revealed to have sent inappropriate emails to female staffers and billed first class flights and hotel massages. An internal probe launched in April by the WEF, which organizes the Davos annual summit of the global elite, found that Klaus Schwab, 87, ran the Forum like his “fiefdom.” He practiced and condoned workplace harassment and bullying over his 55-year-long rule over the Forum, according to the report from an external law firm. According to The Wall Street Journal, Schwab wrote in a late-night email to a senior female executive in 2020: “Do you feel that I am thinking of you.” A Journal investigation last year reported that multiple female staffers experienced sexual harassment from senior managers and VIPs at Davos and other events run by WEF. Klaus has repeatedly denied any misconduct and reiterated his denial after the official report was published. The probe also found that Schwab and his wife, Hilde, filed more than $1.1 million in travel expenses, including first-class flights for Hilde on Forum trips that did not require her attendance. Schwab additionally accepted gifts, from personalized Tiffany cufflinks to Russian tea sets, and billed hotel massages to the Forum. Schwab stepped down as chair of the Forum’s board of trustees over Easter weekend, shortly after an investigation into the organization’s workplace culture was launched in response to whistleblower complaints.
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