Muhammad Yunus

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bank founder economist human social entrepreneur

Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and social entrepreneur, best known as the pioneer of microcredit and founder of Grameen Bank, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Muhammad Yunus canonical 7

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instanceOf bank founder ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
social entrepreneur ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in economics ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
Hilal-i-Imtiaz ⓘ
Independence Day Award ⓘ
Indira Gandhi Prize ⓘ
Simón Bolívar International Prize ⓘ
surface form: International Simon Bolivar Prize

King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Prize ⓘ
Nikkei Asia Prize ⓘ
Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord ⓘ
Seoul Peace Prize ⓘ
Simón Bolívar International Prize ⓘ
Sydney Peace Prize ⓘ
World Food Prize ⓘ
awardReceivedFor efforts to create economic and social development from below ⓘ
birthDate 1940-06-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Bengal Presidency ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Chittagong ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh
educatedAt University of Dhaka ⓘ
Vanderbilt University ⓘ
employer University of Chittagong ⓘ
familyName Yunus ⓘ
fieldOfWork development economics ⓘ
microfinance ⓘ
social business ⓘ
founded Grameen Bank ⓘ
Grameen Fund ⓘ
Grameen Trust ⓘ
Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health ⓘ
surface form: Yunus Centre
givenName Mohammad ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad
hasHonoraryDegreeFrom Harvard University ⓘ
Moscow State University ⓘ
surface form: Lomonosov Moscow State University

University of Florence ⓘ
University of Glasgow ⓘ
University of Manchester ⓘ
influenced global microfinance institutions ⓘ
social entrepreneurship practices worldwide ⓘ
knownFor founding Grameen Bank ⓘ
pioneering microcredit ⓘ
pioneering microfinance ⓘ
promoting social business models ⓘ
languageSpoken Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
movement microcredit movement ⓘ
social business movement ⓘ
name Muhammad Yunus self-link ⓘ
nationality Bangladeshi ⓘ
notableWork Banker to the Poor ⓘ
Building Social Business ⓘ
Creating a World Without Poverty ⓘ
positionHeld managing director of Grameen Bank ⓘ
professor of economics at University of Chittagong ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Dhaka ⓘ
sharedAwardWith Grameen Bank ⓘ

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Seoul Peace Prize → notableRecipient → Muhammad Yunus ⓘ
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize → notableRecipient → Muhammad Yunus ⓘ
Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health → inspiredBy → Muhammad Yunus ⓘ
Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health → namedAfter → Muhammad Yunus ⓘ
Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health → associatedWith → Muhammad Yunus ⓘ
Grameen Bank Housing Programme → associatedWith → Muhammad Yunus ⓘ
Muhammad Yunus → name → Muhammad Yunus self-link ⓘ