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Jim Yong Kim

1959 - Today

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Jim Yong Kim (Korean: 김용; born December 8, 1959), also known as Kim Yong (김용/金墉), is an American physician and anthropologist who served as the 12th president of the World Bank from 2012 to 2019. A global health leader, Kim was formerly the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a co-founder and executive director of Partners In Health before serving as the President of Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012, becoming the first Asian American president of an Ivy League institution. Kim was named the world's 50th most powerful person by Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Yong Kim is the 406th most popular physician (down from 379th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 140th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South Korean Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Jim Yong Kim ranks 406 out of 726. Before him are Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Anders Chydenius, Adolph Kolping, Antoine Louis, Abella, and José Gregorio Hernández. After him are Adrien Proust, Garcia de Orta, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, Walter Jackson Freeman II, and Aemilia Hilaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Jim Yong Kim ranks 148. Before him are Vanity, Nicole Brown Simpson, Pietro Vierchowod, Baron Waqa, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, and Henry Czerny. After him are Koichi Tanaka, Martin Brundle, Aidan Quinn, Massimo Bonini, R. A. Salvatore, and John C. McGinley.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Jim Yong Kim ranks 156 out of 1,128. Before him are Hong Sang-soo (1960), Song Kang-ho (1967), RM (1994), Kim Jee-woon (1964), Na Hye-sok (1896), and Heo Gyun (1569). After him are Jimin (1995), Chung Sye-kyun (1950), Lee Beom-seok (1900), Lee Joon-gi (1982), Choi Eun-hee (1926), and Yi San-hae (1539).

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Among PHYSICIANS In South Korea

Among physicians born in South Korea, Jim Yong Kim ranks 3. Before him are Jang-geum (1550), and Heo Jun (1546).

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