James Wolfensohn
✓ Source-basedrisingPresident of the World Bank (1933-2020)
Sir James David Wolfensohn was an Australian-American lawyer, investment banker, and economist who served as the ninth president of the World Bank Group (1995-2005).
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Wolfensohn at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1990
Wolfensohn (left) with U.S. President George W. Bush in the Oval Office, 2005.
Nigerian artist Ibiyinka Alao and James D. Wolfensohn in Washington, D.C. in 2004.
Wolfensohn speaking at a press conference with Condoleezza Rice in 2006.
Wolfensohn in 2000Awards 10
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Margarethe von TrottaAlso won Leo-Baeck-Medal
Michael MullenAlso won Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia
Rita SüssmuthAlso won honorary doctor of Ben-Gurion University
Karl Theodor, Duke in BavariaAlso won Order of the Golden Fleece
Annette SchavanAlso won honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Marcus SamuelssonAlso won Great Immigrants AwardAbout this person
Sir James David Wolfensohn was an Australian-American lawyer, investment banker, and economist who served as the ninth president of the World Bank Group (1995-2005). During his tenure at the World Bank, he is credited with the focus on poverty alleviation and a rethink on development financing, earning him recognition as a banker to the world's poor. In his other roles, he is credited with actions that brought Chrysler Corporation back from the brink of bankruptcy, and also improving the finances of major United States cultural institutions, including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. He served two terms as president of the World Bank on the nomination of U.S. president Bill Clinton, and thereafter held various positions with charitable organizations and policy think-tanks including the Brookings Institution.
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