Gabriel Sherman of New York magazine reports that Bill Daley, former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, approached Michael Bloomberg earlier this year to offer the New York City mayor the top post at the World Bank. Bloomberg declined and the Obama administration in March nominated Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, to serve as president of the World Bank.
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