World Economic Forum: Davos 1999-2011

Richard Kalvar A Michelangelo moment between Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical and William Green of Merck, as Accenture CEO William Green looks on. Davos, Switzerland. January 27th, 2010. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar Davide Serra, Founding and Managing Partner of Algebris Investments, points a finger at Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at Berkeley. Davos, Switzerland. January 30th (...)

Richard Kalvar Yoshito Sengoku, Japanese Minister for National Policy, giving his business card to Montek Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the India Planning Commission. IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (...)

Richard Kalvar Li Keqiang, Executive Vice-Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China, on the left. Davos, Switzerland. January 28th, 2010. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar Nobel Prize-winners's Nightcap. A. Michael Spence, Chairman, International Commission on Growth and Development; Edmund Phelps, McVickar Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University, USA; Jo (...)

Richard Kalvar Khalfan bin Mohammed Al-Esry, Founder and Managing Director, Prosper Management Consultancy, Oman and Karl Deisseroth, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University, USA, after the Moo (...)

Richard Kalvar Ideo CEO Tim Brown with Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, CEO of easyGroup, EasyJet, at a WorkSpace session. Davos, Switzerland. 2007. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar Bill Owens, Governor of Colorado, USA, speaking with Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan. Davos, Switzerland. 2006. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar Olusegun Obasanjo (President of Nigeria) with Bono (U2) before the 'Next Steps for Africa' session. Davos, Switzerland. 2006. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar New Models of Collaboration for Economic Development WorkSpace. R. Anthony Hodge, reporting from his group. Davos, Switzerland. January 30, 2010. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar Mathias Doepfner, CEO, Axel Springer AG, Germany; Lars Hinrichs, founder of Xing, the German version of LinkedIn; Jürgen Grossmann, President and CEO, Rwe AG, Germany and Joseph Schoendorf, Partner (...)

Richard Kalvar Accel Partners party. Stephanie Hart. Davos, Switzerland. 2011. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar Former US President Bill Clinton and Klaus Schwab (Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum) sit before Clinton's address in the Congress Hall. Davos, Switzerland. 2006. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar The Art of Opportunity session. Benjamin Zander, Conductor, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, USA, leads the audience in wishing Evelyn a hearty happy birthday. Davos, Switzerland. 2008. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar At the 'Experience South Africa' Cultural Soirée. World Economic Forum Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab dances with a young South African. Davos, Switzerland. January 30, 2010. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar Prayer room. Davos, Switzerland. 2004. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos