Hi everyone, I'm Nicola Tangen, the CEO of the Norwegian Soan Wealth Fund, and today I'm really excited

because I'm joined by my fellow Norwegian Berger Bredde. And Berge, he is the president and CEO of the

World Economic Forum, the organization behind the iconic Davos gatherings. And that's where the

world's most powerful leaders meet each year to shape the global agenda.

Berge also happens to be, I think, the best connected person in the world.

So, Berge, pleasure to have you here.

Coming from you, that means a lot.

Dougher, So, yeah, let's, before we move on to the big, the really big topics, for listeners who don't know, what exactly is the World Economic Forum?

So the World Economic Forum is 55 years old. It is an international organization for public-private cooperation. It's based here in Geneva, Switzerland. It's not-for-profit. And as you said, we're most known for our annual meeting in Davos that brings key people from business and governments together.

But we have hundreds of meetings.

We have hundreds of different initiatives, public, private,

in the field of fighting corruption to nature and climate,

to reviving growth and trade.

How many people work at the forum?

It's all together, around a thousand people.

Wow.

How do you define success for the organization?

What is it that you want to achieve?

It is when we can get people together and we can facilitate progress.

And what's the key to that?

So, of course, into today's world where we see much more fragmentation and polarization,

it's harder than in the past to get people that don't even agree in the same room.

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