Jim Wolfensohn, the president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005, who passed away this week, had many accomplishments. One achievement that has so far received scant mention in the many tributes to ...

(JTA) — James Wolfensohn, the World Bank president and philanthropist who helped shepherd Israel’s exit from the Gaza Strip, has died at 86. Wolfensohn died Wednesday at his Manhattan home, media said ...

James Wolfensohn is the chairman, CEO and founder of Wolfensohn & Co., an investment and advisory company focused on emerging market economies. He is a former president of the World Bank, where he was ...

James Wolfensohn led the World Bank from 1995 to 2005. While he was at the helm, he pushed the Washington-based institution to develop an unprecedented relationship with religious groups. Wolfensohn ...

JERUSALEM – International Mideast envoy James Wolfensohn plans to step down when his term ends at the end of the month. "His mandate ends at the end of the month. He has no plans of continuing," his ...

After 10 years, James Wolfensohn will step down as president of the World Bank later in May. He talks with host Steve Inskeep about the challenges facing the World Bank and the developing world. When ...

When World Bank president James Wolfensohn steps down next June after 10 years in office, he surely will be viewed as the most influential man to hold the post since Robert McNamara. Less than a ...

James Wolfensohn, whose reforms as the head of the World Bank Group for a decade made him known as a champion of the world's poor, died Tuesday in New York. He was 86. The Sydney-born banker was ...

He was a force on Wall Street before taking the reins of the bank in 1995, then proceeded to shake it up. He did the same at both Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. By Robert D. Hershey Jr. James D ...

Wolfensohn: Well, I think the Wall Street community is preoccupied by survival. We're having a downturn of unprecedented proportions , and so it's not surprising that issues of global social ...

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