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Meyer owned the The Washington Post and was its publisher from 1933 to 1946; the paper stayed in his family throughout the rest of the 20th century. He was the first president of the World Bank Group from June to December 1946. His daughter, Katharine "Kay" Graham, took the Post over in 1963 and remained its titular head until her death in 2001.
Eugene Meyer: 1946–1946 United ... the World Bank had 12,300 full-time staff, and it operated in 145 countries. ... The World Bank was the subject of a scandal with ...
In 1946, when Washington Post publisher Eugene Meyer was named the first president of the World Bank, he passed the position of publisher to Graham.When Meyer left the World Bank later that year, he took the title of chairman of the board of the Washington Post Company, leaving Graham as publisher.
Eugene Meyer (financier) (1875–1959), American financier, public official, and Washington Post publisher Marc Eugene Meyer (1842–1925), Franco-American businessman, father of Eugene Isaac Meyer Eugène Meyer (inventor) (19th century), French mechanic credited with making important contributions to the development of the bicycle
From March 1947 to June 1949, McCloy served as the second president of the World Bank. At the time of his appointment, the World Bank was a new entity, having only been manned by one previous president, Eugene Meyer, who resigned six months into his tenure over disputes with the bank's executive directors.
The World Bank has regularly failed to live up to its own policies for protecting people harmed by projects it finances. The World Bank and its private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corp., have financed governments and companies accused of human rights violations such as rape, murder and torture.
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