Robert Garner
 Robert Garner    (central banker, businessman) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1894 | |||||||||||||
| Died | 13 December 1975 (Age 80) Oklahoma City, USA | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | USA | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University, Columbia University | |||||||||||||
Working for the World Bank, he focused on financing of development programs. He attended the 1956 Bilderberg, where several of the topics concerned the relationship between the West and the Third World.
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Robert L. Garner was an American banker. Working for the World Bank, he focused on financing of development programs. He attended the 1956 Bilderberg, where several of the topics concerned the relationship between the West and the Third World.
Career
After World War II he joined the Guaranty Trust Company and was its vice president and treasurer in 1943 when he moved to General Foods Corporation as financial vice president.
As vice president of the World Bank from 1947 to 1956, Garner traveled to many countries to encourage the financing of development programs. In the latter year, the International Finance Corporation was set up not primarily as a lending agency but as a catalyst to stimulate the flow of local investment capital into private projects in less developed areas. The I.F.C. joined in the enterprise as a co‐investor, sharing both risks and profits.[1]
Robert Garner was a vice president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in its early years and the first president of its affiliate, the International Finance Corporation. Garner retired from the I.F.C. in 1961.[1]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1956 | 11 May 1956 | 13 May 1956 | Denmark Fredensborg | The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after |
