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Meyer published The Washington Post from 1933 to 1946, and 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 ... The World Bank was the subject of a scandal with its then-president Paul Wolfowitz and his aide, Shaha Riza, in 2007. [122]
Managing Director of the World Bank; Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) First interim World Bank Group president born outside United States First World Bank Group president born in Europe First World Bank Group president from Germany: 9 James Wolfensohn: June 1, 1995 – May 31, 2005 United States [a]
In 1929, financier Eugene Meyer, who had run the War Finance Corp. since World War I, [47] secretly made an offer of $5 million for the Post, but he was rebuffed by Ned McLean. [48] [49] On June 1, 1933, Meyer bought the paper at a bankruptcy auction for $825,000 three weeks after stepping down as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He had bid ...
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
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.
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.
Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991.Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.