2015年1月，瑞士联邦委员会与世界经济论坛签订《东道国协议》，正式承认论坛为“推动公私合作的国际机构”。
论坛致力于成为世界一流的公司治理模式的榜样，将价值观与规则放在同等重要的位置。论坛的指导原则是合法、负责、透明以及集体行动。
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论坛的工作在基金董事会的指导下开展，基金董事会成员由杰出人物担任，他们是论坛的使命和价值观的守护者，在论坛推广全球公民责任活动的过程中提供指导。
基金董事会成员均为来自商界、政界、学界与公民社会的领袖。作为基金董事会成员，他们不代表任何个人或行业利益。为了保证董事会涵盖多方利益相关者，董事会成员数量在商界、国际组织和公民社会代表中是均等分配的。
管理委员会是世界经济论坛的执行机构，它确保论坛的所有活动均符合论坛的使命，同时对外能够代表论坛。管理委员会集体对论坛承担执行职责，并向基金董事会汇报工作。
克劳斯•施瓦布
施瓦布教授曾就读于瑞士联邦技术学院、弗里博格大学和哈佛大学。所获学位包括：机械工程博士和经济学博士。施瓦布教授从1972至2003年任任日内瓦大学商业政策教授。他是年度报告《全球竞争力报告》（自1979年以来出版）的作者，并出版过许多书籍。施瓦布教授于1971年以非盈利基金会的形式创建了世界经济论坛，并将其打造成为全球最重要的由商界、政府、学术界及社会其他领袖组成的会员制组织，致力于改善世界状况。1998年，施瓦布教授与夫人希尔德建立了施瓦布社会企业家基金，支持世界各地的社会创新。2004年，他创建了全球青年领袖论坛。另外，他还积极参与社论、学术及公共服务组织以及联合国相关高级组织的活动。施瓦布教授的学术成就包括获得荣誉教授称号以及六个荣誉博士头衔。由于施瓦布教授本着以全球公众利益为本的企业家精神开展活动，并在几个地区采取协调行动，他获得多个国际及国内荣誉，包括英国女王陛下授予的爵士称号。施瓦布教授于1938年出生于德国。
Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, University of Fribourg and Harvard University; degrees include doctorates in Mechanical Engineering and Economics (summa cum laude). 1972-2003, Professor of Business Policy, University of Geneva. 1971, founded the World Economic Forum as a not-for-profit foundation and built it into the foremost international institution for public-private cooperation; 1998, Co-Founder, with wife Hilde, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, supporting social innovation around the world; 2004, Founder, Forum of Young Global Leaders; 2011, Founder, Global Shapers Community. Numerous honorary doctorates. Several honorary professorships. Recipient of international and highest national honours for initiatives undertaken in the spirit of entrepreneurship in the global public interest and for peace and reconciliation efforts in several regions of the world.
Former: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway; Minister of Trade and Industry; Minister of the Environment; Deputy Chairman, Norwegian Conservative Party; Member, Storting, Norwegian Parliament; Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs and Deputy Chairman, Standing Committee on Energy and Environment; Chairman, UN Commission on Sustainable Development; Secretary-General, Norwegian Red Cross; International Vice-Chairman, China Council for Int'l Cooperation on Environment and Development (advisory board to the State Council); Chairman of the Board, Mesta (Norway's largest company in infrastructure maintenance); Member of the Board Norwegian School of Economics; Managing Director, World Economic Forum. Member of the Board, Statoil. Member of the UN High-level Advisory Group for Every Woman Every Child. Political Adviser to Conservative Party Chairman; Chairman, Young Conservatives; CFO, KB-entrepreneur; Member, Municipal Executive Board, Trondheim; BA Norwegian Univ. of Science and Tech. Since 2017, President, World Economic Forum. Member, Harvard International Negotiation Program, Core Advisory Council (since 2018). Recipient of awards and honours, including: Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico (2018); Grand Cross of the Order of San Carlos, Colombia (2018); Commander, Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav (2005); Cavaliere Di Gran Croce, Italy (2005); Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix, Greece (2004); "Gift to the Earth", WWF (2004).
论坛所有的活动都由行政领导。在论坛创始人兼执行主席克劳斯·施瓦布教授的领导下，来自全球超过60个国家的各行各业的优秀人才来到论坛工作。这种全球化的深度和体验使论坛有能力充分支持我们的会员参与全球各项事务。
