Fortune Picks Yunus as One of 12 Greatest Entrepreneurs
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has been selected as one of the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our times. This list has been prepared by The Fortune magazine and published on http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/news/companies/1203/gallery.greatest-entrepreneurs.fortune/13.html. This list places Professor Yunus in the company of highly exclusive group of individuals, all of whom are known throughout the world for their innovation, vision and ability to get things done.
The 12 individuals are: 1) Steve Jobs of Apple, 2) Bill Gates of Microsoft, 3) Fred Smith of FedEx, 4) Jeff Bezos of Amazon 5) Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, 6) Howard Schultz of Starbucks, 7) Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, 8) John Mackey of Whole Foods, 9) Herb Kelleher of SouthWest Airlines, 10) Narayana Murthy of Infosys, 11) Sam Walton of Wal-mart Stores, 12) Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank
Ten of these entrepreneurs are American, one is an Indian and one is Bangladeshi.
The list was prepared considering economic and social impact, world changing vision of the entrepreneur, ability of the entrepreneur to inspire and motivate their employees, their record of innovation and their actual results. These highly innovative entrepreneurs have created great impact in the world.
The companies that they have created have benefitted hundreds and thousands of people and other businesses, while creating employment for millions of people.
Professor Yunus was chosen by Wharton School of Business for PBS documentary, as one of 'The 25 Most Influential Business Persons of the Past 25 Years'. In 2006, Time magazine listed him under "60 years of Asian Heroes" as one of the top 12 business leaders. In 2008, in an open online poll, Yunus was voted the 2nd topmost intellectual person in the world on the list of Top 100 Public Intellectuals by Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (United States). He was also voted 2nd in Prospect Magazine's 2008 global poll of the world's top 100 intellectuals.
The 12 individuals are: 1) Steve Jobs of Apple, 2) Bill Gates of Microsoft, 3) Fred Smith of FedEx, 4) Jeff Bezos of Amazon 5) Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, 6) Howard Schultz of Starbucks, 7) Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, 8) John Mackey of Whole Foods, 9) Herb Kelleher of SouthWest Airlines, 10) Narayana Murthy of Infosys, 11) Sam Walton of Wal-mart Stores, 12) Muhammad Yunus of Grameen BankTen of these entrepreneurs are American, one is an Indian and one is Bangladeshi.
The list was prepared considering economic and social impact, world changing vision of the entrepreneur, ability of the entrepreneur to inspire and motivate their employees, their record of innovation and their actual results. These highly innovative entrepreneurs have created great impact in the world.
The companies that they have created have benefitted hundreds and thousands of people and other businesses, while creating employment for millions of people.
Professor Yunus was chosen by Wharton School of Business for PBS documentary, as one of 'The 25 Most Influential Business Persons of the Past 25 Years'. In 2006, Time magazine listed him under "60 years of Asian Heroes" as one of the top 12 business leaders. In 2008, in an open online poll, Yunus was voted the 2nd topmost intellectual person in the world on the list of Top 100 Public Intellectuals by Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (United States). He was also voted 2nd in Prospect Magazine's 2008 global poll of the world's top 100 intellectuals.
