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The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and best-known development bank in the world and an observer at the United Nations Development Group . [ 7 ]
Ajaypal Singh "Ajay" Banga (born November 10, 1959 [1]) is an Indian American business executive. [2] He is the president of the World Bank Group. [3] He was the executive chairman of Mastercard, after having previously been president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company from July 2010 until December 31, 2020.
Name Term Nationality Background Notes 1 Eugene Meyer: June 18, 1946 – December 18, 1946 United States Investor and publisher of The Washington Post; Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve: First World Bank Group president 2 John J. McCloy: March 17, 1947 – June 30, 1949 United States U.S. Assistant Secretary of War during World War II
The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA), two of five international organizations owned by the World Bank Group. It was established along with the International Monetary Fund at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference. After a slow start ...
WBG may refer to: Warner Bros. Games, an American video game publishing company; World Bank Group, a family of five international organizations that makes leveraged loans, generally to poor countries; Wide bandgap, a term associated with semiconductors having electronic band gaps significantly larger than one electron volt
Taiwan is the largest economy outside the World Bank, followed by Hong Kong and Macau. The two observer states at the UN, the Vatican City and State of Palestine, are also not members of the World Bank.
In 1994, Ranogajec reportedly won a $7.5 million Keno jackpot at the leisure and entertainment complex North Ryde RSL Club, of New South Wales, after reportedly [7] betting "significantly more than $7.5 million" to win it but coming out ahead due to the additional, smaller prizes awarded along the way to winning the jackpot.
William Lee Bergstrom (1951 – February 4, 1985), commonly known as The Suitcase Man or Phantom Gambler, was a gambler and high roller known for placing the largest bet in casino gambling history at the time, amounting to $777,000 ($2.87 million present-day amount) at the Horseshoe Casino, which he won. [1]