Jim Yong Kim, M.D., PhD, is Vice Chairman and Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners, a fund that invests in infrastructure projects across several sectors around the world. From July 2012 to February 2019, Kim served as the 12th President of the World Bank Group.
Who is currently president of the World Bank?
David Malpass
Who is the president of World Bank 2019?
David R. Malpass
What did Jim Yong Kim do?
Jim Yong Kim, original name Kim Yong, (born December 8, 1959, Seoul, South Korea), American physician and anthropologist who was the 12th president of the World Bank (2012–19). Kim's father was a dentist, and his mother was a scholar of neo-Confucianism.4 Dec 2021
What was Jim Kim's childhood like?
Kim's father was a dentist, and his mother was a scholar of neo-Confucianism. When he was five years old, the family emigrated from South Korea to the United States, eventually settling in Muscatine, Iowa, where his mother completed a doctorate at the nearby campus of the University of Iowa.4 Dec 2021
What does Jim Yong Kim study?
Kim holds a B.A. from Brown University, and an M.D. and PhD in medical anthropology from Harvard University. He received a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, was recognized as one of America's “25 Best Leaders” by U.S. News & World Report, and was named one of TIME magazine's “100 Most Influential People in the World.”