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On March 14, 2026, World Economic Forum President and CEO Børge Brende resigned after revelations of his interactions with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which included three dinners and additional email and SMS communications. Previously, on March 13, WEF founder Klaus Schwab contacted Switzerland’s foundations watchdog to clarify the extent of his ongoing influence at the organization, which he left last year, and stated his desire for the WEF to donate its 40,000 square-meter headquarters lot near Geneva to the Swiss government, according to an interview with the NZZ newspaper. This follows an event in January 2026 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto appeared alongside Donald Trump and signed the Charter Board of Peace, an initiative promoted as an Indonesian effort to support peace in Gaza.
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