More than 1,500 business leaders and 40 heads of state or government will attend the January 21-24 meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to network and discuss big themes, from the price of oil to the future of the Internet.

Wealth accumulated by the richest one per cent will exceed that of the other 99 per cent in 2016, the Oxfam charity said today, ahead of the annual meeting of the world's most powerful at Davos, Switzerland.

The annual congregation of the global elite for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the coming week will have a strong India presence with senior Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Piyush Goyal, along with over 100 top corporate leaders, set to leave for the Swiss ski resort town of Davos.