Léonard Rist (1905–1982) was a French economist and banker.
He was imprisoned by the Nazi forces following the German occupation of France in the summer of 1940, and spent 18 months in prison camps in Silesia and Sudetenland.
[2] The bankers of the House of Morgan, where Rist was employed, managed to get him out.
After the war, Rist became the first chief economist of the World Bank.
Rist held various positions at the World Bank for 20 years.