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A global life : my journey among rich and poor, from Sydney to Wall Street to the World Bank / James D. Wolfensohn.
Lippincott Library HG2463.W65 A3 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolfensohn, James D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wolfensohn, James D.
- World Bank.
- Investment bankers--United States--Biography.
- Investment bankers.
- World Bank--Presidents--Biography.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 462 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2010]
- Summary:
- A memoir by the financier who led the World Bank for a decade recalls Wolfensohn's diverse career as an Olympic fencer, leading banker, amateur cellist, and philanthropist and reflects on his successes and failures in the battle against poverty.
- Contents:
- A long way from New York
- Setting out
- Stepping up
- Harvard
- Learning my craft in Australia
- The eurodollar revolution
- Becoming a banker
- The outsider
- Salomon Brothers and a New York based career
- On my own
- The road to the World Bank
- A difficult entry
- Creativity and change during the Clinton years
- A fresh look at development
- The Bush years
- Travel as part of the job
- A new and different challenge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781586482558
- 1586482556
- OCLC:
- 191024096
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