Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, stepped down from his role as chair over the Easter weekend, days before damaging whistleblower allegations triggered an emergency investigation by the organization’s board.

The World Economic Forum says its founder Klaus Schwab is retiring as chairman. The announcement on Monday comes more than a half-century after Schwab, 87, created the Geneva-based think tank that is best known for hosting an annual meeting of political,

The chairman of the World Economic Forum will step down "with immediate effect," the Swiss-based non-governmental organization announced Monday. On Sunday, during a special meeting, the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum accepted the resignation of its longtime leader Klaus Schwab.