Former World Bank chief and ‘voice for the poor’ Wolfensohn dies aged 86 | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, Nov 26 — James Wolfensohn, a former investment banker who pushed through debt relief for the poorest nations during a decade at the helm of the World Bank, has died, the Bank said yesterday. He was 86. Wolfensohn, a former Salomon Brothers partner, was appointed as president of the...

Thursday, 26 Nov 2020 08:43 AM MYT

WASHINGTON, Nov 26 — James Wolfensohn, a former investment banker who pushed through debt relief for the poorest nations during a decade at the helm of the World Bank, has died, the Bank said yesterday. He was 86. In 1979, he helped orchestrate the rescue of Chrysler Corp from the verge of bankruptcy, together with Chrysler’s chief executive Lee Iacocca and Paul Volcker, who was then president of the New York Federal Reserve.

 

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