00:01The head of the World Economic Forum stepped down on Thursday after the organization opened an internal probe into his
00:08past contacts with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
00:12Borger Brenda, the World Economic Forum's president and chief executive, announced he was stepping down after more than eight years
00:19in the role, saying the decision followed careful consideration.
00:23The forum launched its investigation earlier this month after the U.S. Department of Justice released a large trench of
00:31files linked to Epstein, which drew fresh scrutiny across global business and political circles.
00:37The forum, however, did not detail the nature of Brenda's contact with Epstein.
00:42Brenda, Norway's former foreign minister, has led the forum since 2017, overseeing the organization through the pandemic period and a
00:51series of internal government reforms.
00:53Being named in Epstein-related files does not in itself imply wrongdoing.
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