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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Professor Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus has built a new social finance model through Grameen Bank. Since
inception, Grameen has broadened its services from microfinance to telecommunications,
healthcare, nutrition, and more. Yunus’ ability to build businesses for the poor has
led him to receive numerous prestigious honours such as the Nobel Peace Prize in
2006 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama. By spreading
microfinance across the globe, restructuring finance markets, and advancing the field of
social enterprise, Yunus has shown himself to be a true pioneer.
Praise for Professor Muhammad Yunus
“Muhammad Yunus revolutionised the basic
tenets of business, producing a new model that
targets the base-of-the-pyramid and forgoes
excess profit for social impact. His creativity and
innovation has transformed lives and inspired
many worldwide to replicate this model for
their communities”
“He is an outstanding visionary redefining
international development and charity. Yunus
is truly one of a kind”
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