Muhammad Yunus

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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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instanceOf bank founder
economist
human
social entrepreneur
academicDegree PhD in economics
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal
Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Independence Day Award
Indira Gandhi Prize
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 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
givenName Muhammad
linked to: Mohammad
hasHonoraryDegreeFrom Harvard University
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
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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