Longevity and Retirement in the Intelligent Age: Opening New Horizons in Later Life

Rethink what it means to grow older.

In the second volume of his Intelligent Age Series, Klaus Schwab challenges outdated assumptions about aging, work, and purpose. With longer lifespans, today’s older adults are healthier, more educated, and more active than ever. Their experience and wisdom are invaluable, offering society the chance to harness and celebrate them.

Longevity and Retirement in the Intelligent Age shows how businesses, communities, and individuals can harness the untapped potential of aging employees and retirees. When fully engaged, older adults can drive innovation, mentorship, and meaningful contributions that benefit everyone.

This book also explores how technology and AI can power lifelong learning, skill-building, and productivity, turning retirement from an ending into the start of a purposeful, opportunity-filled chapter.

Get ready to:

• Challenge conventional ideas about aging and discover how longer, healthier lives open doors to new opportunities.
• Tap into the skills, wisdom, and energy of older adults to drive impact in business, community, and personal life.
• Leverage AI and modern tools to keep learning, growing, and making a difference at any stage of life.

Whether you’re approaching retirement, managing a multigenerational workforce, or simply curious about the future of aging, this book offers a roadmap to a vibrant, impactful second half of life.

The future of aging isn’t about slowing down. It’s about stepping up.

Klaus Schwab founded the World Economic Forum in 1971 as an independent, mission-driven platform for dialogue and cooperation between leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society. Under his leadership, the Forum became the foremost global institution promoting public-private collaboration and shaping key concepts such as stakeholder capitalism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.Educated at ETH Zurich, the University of Fribourg, and Harvard University, he holds doctorates in engineering and economics and 20 honorary degrees from leading universities worldwide. For over three decades, he taught business policy at the University of Geneva.Together with his wife, Hilde, he established the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship to promote innovation and social impact worldwide. In 2025, he launched the Schwab Academy, dedicated to preparing individuals and institutions for leadership, learning, and cooperation in the emerging Intelligent Age.A recipient of numerous national and international honors, Professor Schwab has devoted his life to advancing global understanding, fostering cooperation, and guiding humanity toward a more prosperous and human-centered future.