How World Economic Forum Makes Its Money at Davos Confab: Chart

The Congress Center, venue for the World Economic Forum (WEF), center, stands on the Promenade at dusk in Davos, Switzerland, on Saturday Jan. 14, 2017. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers attend the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos from Jan. 17-20.
Photographer: MICHELE LIMINA/Bloomberg

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By Anne Swardson

January 16, 2017 at 5:00 AM UTC

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Switzerland is famously expensive, and this extends to the World Economic Forum: its top category of corporate membership stands at 600,000 francs ($595,000) annually. Revenue from partnerships -- the corporations and consulting firms that take center stage at Davos -- was up 25 percent over the previous year. Memberships and participation income was flat but the WEF enjoyed an overall increase of 14 percent.

For more on Davos, see our special report on the World Economic Forum 2017.