(1959-12-08) December 8, 1959 (age 64) Seoul, South Korea
Political party
Democratic[citation needed]
Spouse
Younsook Lim
Children
2
Education
University of Iowa Brown University (BS) Harvard University (MD, PhD)
Jim Yong Kim
Hangul
김용
Hanja
金墉
Revised Romanization
Gim Yong
McCune–Reischauer
Kim Yong
Kim during the WEF 2013
Jim Yong Kim (Korean: 김용; born December 8, 1959), also known as Kim Yong (김용/金墉), is an American physician and anthropologist who served as the 12th president of the World Bank from 2012 to 2019.
A global health leader, Kim was formerly the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a co-founder and executive director of Partners In Health before serving as the President of Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012, becoming the first Asian American president of an Ivy League institution.[1][2]
Kim was named the world's 50th most powerful person by Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People in 2013.[3]
^Rastello, Sandrine. "Dartmouth President Kim Nominated by Obama for World Bank". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
^김용 총장 세계银 총재 후보 지명. Yonhap News. March 24, 2012. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
^Howard, Caroline. "No. 50: Jim Yong Kim - pg.52". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013.
JimYongKim (Korean: 김용; born December 8, 1959), also known as KimYong (김용/金墉), is an American physician and anthropologist who served as the 12th president...
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tells the story of Partners in Health and doctors and humanitarians, JimYongKim, Ophelia Dahl, and Paul Farmer, who are devoted to innovative health...
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announced Malpass as the nominee for President of the World Bank, succeeding JimYongKim, who had announced in January 2019 that he would be stepping down three...
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leadership conferences. He also appeared on the Mad Money show hosted by Jim Cramer on Thursday, November 6, 2014 In 2023, Banga was named by Carnegie...
provost in 2009, and appointed provost in 2010. When Dartmouth president JimYongKim was named as president of the World Bank in July 2012, Folt was named...
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President of the World Bank Group JimYongKim to the High-Level Panel on Water. Co-chaired by Mauritius President Ameenah...
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remained in the race. Eventually, and amid controversy, the U.S. nominee JimYongKim was announced as the new president on 16 April. In accordance with their...
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