“Davos” should come to Dublin, according to businessman Larry Fink, who is currently co-chair of the World Economic Forum. “For 56 years, the World Economic Forum has been synonymous with Davos. It is now under interim management, with Mr Fink, who is the chairman and chief executive of the investment management company BlackRock, acting as interim co-chair. The forum can’t remain an echo chamber, Mr Fink warned, and it shouldn’t want to have panels where everyone agrees 95pc of the time. That’s the central tension of this forum: Davos is an elite gathering trying to shape a world that belongs to everyone,” he said.

Source: Irish Independent January 21, 2026 15:36 UTC