Eugene Meyer
Eugene Meyer · Economics & Business
Chaired the Federal Reserve (1930–33), became the World Bank's first president (1946), and rebuilt The Washington Post
1875, Los Angeles, California, USA — 1959, Washington, D.C., USA
United States (New York · Washington, D.C.)
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Eugene Meyer was an American financier and public official who bought The Washington Post at a bankruptcy auction in 1933 and rebuilt it into a major national newspaper, later kept in his family. He served as chairman of the Federal Reserve (1930–1933) and became the first president of the World Bank in 1946. He was Jewish, the son of an Alsatian-Jewish immigrant father and a mother who was the daughter of a rabbi.
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Source: Wikipedia; JTA (Alsatian-Jewish father; mother the daughter of a rabbi)
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Chaired the Federal Reserve (1930–33), became the World Bank's first president (1946), and rebuilt The Washington Post
Source: Wikipedia; JTA (Alsatian-Jewish father; mother the daughter of a rabbi)
