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Dr. Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D
From July 2012 to February 2019, Kim served as the 12th President of the World Bank Group (WBG). Soon after he assumed this position, the organization established two goals to guide its work: to end extreme poverty by 2030, and to boost shared prosperity, focusing on the bottom 40 percent of the population in developing countries. A physician and anthropologist, Kim’s career has revolved around health, education, and improving the lives of the poor. Before joining the WBG, he served as the President of Dartmouth College and held professorships at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. From 2003 to 2005, Kim served as the Director of the World Health Organization’s (WHOs) HIV/AIDS department, where he led the “3 by 5” initiative – the first-ever global goal for AIDS treatment – which greatly expanded access to antiretroviral medication in developing countries. In 1987, Kim co-founded Partners In Health, a non-profit medical organization. Kim 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.”