Yunus third among top 100 business innovators
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and the pioneer of microcredit, has been ranked third in the UK-based Salt magazine's list of the top 100 compassionate business innovators.
“In its citation, Salt Magazine said, 'Yunus regards credit as a vital human right, and has given millions of people access to the banking system,'” said a Yunus Centre press release yesterday.
Paul Polman and Richard Branson secured the first and second positions on the list. The list also includes prominent personalities like Bill Gates, Arianna Huffington, Larry Page, Ted Turner, Warren Buffett, Tim Cook and Elon Musk.
“Individuals were evaluated based on their demonstrated leadership in terms of renewable energy, resource conservation, agriculture, and social and economic sustainability,” the press release stated.
It added, “Additional criteria included whether they had pioneered ideas within their industry, created a company that transcends the standard business paradigm, and how many lives they have changed.”
In 2008, Prof Yunus was rated second in Foreign Policy magazine's list of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers”. In 2012, he was named by Fortune Magazine as one of 12 greatest entrepreneurs of the current era.
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