Jim Yong Kim MD, PhD

Jim Yong Kim M.D., Ph.D., is Vice Chairman and Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners.

From July 2012 to February 2019, Kim served as the 12th President of the World Bank Group. Soon after he assumed that 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.

During Kim’s tenure, the World Bank achieved successive, record replenishments of the institution’s fund for the poorest countries and secured an historic capital increase which more than doubled its lending capacity. The WBG also launched facilities to address infrastructure needs, prevent pandemics, and help the millions of people affected by climate shocks, conflict, and violence.

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. Kim also served as Director of the World Health Organization’s HIV/AIDS department and led its “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.”