The Architect
Structured and legacy-driven; builds the systems and institutions that last.
Dr. Jim Yong Kim reads as The Architect because across medicine, global health, and development finance he builds the structural frameworks that make large-scale impact possible. Co-founding Partners in Health, he went beyond treating patients to design a community health worker model that became a global template.
“I completely agree. Kraft will have to come back and it will be applied to so many different kinds of things in the world. And so, you know, I think I told you about this. One of my very close friends in the world of the Minister of Finance world was the deputy prime minister and finance minister of Japan, Mr. Tarawaso.”
“Angry and resentful of you, right? So if you're going to do this, know why you're doing it and get serious about it. It's back to the Dave Chang question, how much do you care? If you're doing this because you want a brief moment of self-aggrandizement, then I just say, look, all these things can help in a little way, right?”
“So, if you look at what Jose did, right? So Jose went to Haiti and built kitchens and trained people. Before he was on any CNN show or, you know, before he was celebrated, he was actually in Haiti after the earthquake, like really, really doing some serious stuff. And, you know, I saw pictures, I've talked to him at length about it.”
“Man, this is the kind of commitment to excellence that's required in life to do what I was doing, which was, I mean, at the time I was president of university, but before that, I spent all my time trying to deliver healthcare to the poorest places in the world. And it was never easy. We did not approach it as a form of charity.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Dr. Jim Yong Kim”
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