Protests against the World Economic Forum in Davos began on Sunday, with demonstrators showing up to make their voices heard on issues like economic inequality and the climate crisis. There are two other concerns on their minds this year,

Billionaire's wealth has grown faster last year, and now the world can expect at least 5 trillionaires within a decade, even as the number of people in poverty has barely budged since 1990.

Billionaire wealth surged last year, with the world's richest individuals adding $2 trillion to their pockets in 2024, according to a new report released Monday.

BILLIONAIRES’ CLUB: With Trump taking office, the Davos set arrives on the Magic Mountain this year with newfound swagger. Even as the rest of the world frets about Trump’s threats of a trade war, Wall Street has never had it so good, as your Global Playbook author reports in this story.

For years, C.E.O.s have used the annual gathering at the World Economic Forum to emphasize commitments to D.E.I., E.S.G. and globalization. Now the politics have changed.

Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, while the number of the world’s poor has barely changed over the last quarter-century, a top anti-poverty group reported Monday.

The World Economic Forum kicks off in the Swiss Alpine resort on the same day as the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.

The organisers of the annual snowbound gathering in Davos say this year's event comes at a "highly consequential moment for the world", an understatement if ever there was one.

A new U.S. president’s promise to expand fossil fuels that is at odds with global ambitions to combat climate change will be a topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum.

“Everybody in Davos in 2024 thought Trump was going to ... a giveaway of an imminent presidential visit. Trump confidante Elon Musk is rumored to be attending, several attendees told Playbook.

The World Economic Forum’s president says U.S. President Donald Trump will take part virtually in the annual meeting in Davos just days after his inauguration

DAVOS, Switzerland — Long maligned as out-of-touch plutocrats, thousands of World Economic Forum regulars are descending on the exclusive Swiss ski resort of Davos this week with a spring in their step, electrified by Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 return to the White House.