Hilde Schwab is Chairperson and Co-Founder of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. Hilde joined her husband Klaus Schwab when he created the World Economic Forum and in 1971 and she organized the first Annual Meeting; she is an adviser and project manager for numerous activities, including in arts and culture. In 1998, together with her husband, she created the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. Hilde Schwab is a Member of Advisory Boards of a number of organizations, including International Bridges to Justice, Global Dignity, and La Chartreuse de Neuville.
Social entrepreneurs are people who harness the power of market forces and business principles to solve social problems, from poor health-care to unemployment.
