Sir James David Wolfensohn KBE, AO (1 December 1933 – 25 November 2020) 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 ...

1995年6月1日 · James David Wolfensohn, 1933 - 2020. During his decade as President of the World Bank (June 1, 1995, to May 31, 2005), James D. Wolfensohn focused on the institution’s core purpose: fighting global poverty and helping the world’s poor forge better lives.

2024年11月27日 · James Wolfensohn was an Australian-born American banker who served as president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005. He tried to shift its focus toward humanitarian efforts and sought to end corruption and bring more transparency to the institution.

2020年11月25日 · James D. Wolfensohn, who escaped a financially pinched Australian childhood to become a top Wall Street deal maker and a two-term president of the World Bank, died on Wednesday at his home in...

On November 25th, 2020, the World Bank Group and the international development community lost a key figure in our field when former Bank Group President James D. Wolfensohn passed away.

2020年11月26日 · James Wolfensohn, who served as the president of the World Bank for 10 years, has died. He was 86. Wolfensohn died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan, according to the Institute for Advanced Study, where he had been a past chair of the board.

2020年11月26日 · Presidents of the World Bank, or investment managers generally, are rarely renaissance men or women. James Wolfensohn, who has died at the age of 86, was a glittering exception.