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Muhammad Yunus BiographyCalled the "Banker to the Poor," Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is respected globally for his contributions toward eradicating world poverty. Driven by the idea that credit is a basic human right, Yunus founded the Grameen Bank in 1976 and developed his revolutionary micro-credit system, which has achieved phenomenal success in helping the 5.6 million poor people in Bangladesh gain a better quality of life.
Born in Chittagong, a seaport city in Bangladesh, Yunus received his PhD in economics from Vanderbilt University and became a professor of economics at Middle Tennessee State University. It was years later, when he returned to Bangladesh to head the economics department at Chittagong University that a fateful field trip with his students showed him the full extent of the country's suffering. Yunus recalls, "Nothing in the economic theories I taught reflected the life around me. How could I go on telling my students make believe stories in the name of economics? I needed to run away from these theories and from my textbooks and discover the real-life economics of a poor person's existence." He discovered that his most successful idea was offering people tiny loans for self-employment.
The Grameen Bank was fully established as an independent bank in 1983, and today more than 250 institutions in nearly 100 countries operate micro-credit programs based on the Grameen Bank model. One expert in innovative government has stated that the program established by Yunus "is the single most important development in the third world in the last 100 years." Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below."
A man who has successfully translated a single vision into tangible benefits for millions of people around the world, Yunus has proven that we can overcome the seemingly impossible as we work toward building a better future for all.
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Called the "Banker to the Poor," Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is respected globally for his contributions toward eradicating world poverty. Driven by the idea that credit is a basic human right, Yunus founded the Grameen Bank in 1976 and developed his revolutionary micro-credit system, which has achieved phenomenal success in helping the 5.6 million poor people in Bangladesh gain a better quality of life.
Born in Chittagong, a seaport city in Bangladesh, Yunus received his PhD in economics from Vanderbilt University and became a professor of economics at Middle Tennessee State University. It was years later, when he returned to Bangladesh to head the economics department at Chittagong University that a fateful field trip with his students showed him the full extent of the country's suffering. Yunus recalls, "Nothing in the economic theories I taught reflected the life around me. How could I go on telling my students make believe stories in the name of economics? I needed to run away from these theories and from my textbooks and discover the real-life economics of a poor person's existence." He discovered that his most successful idea was offering people tiny loans for self-employment.
The Grameen Bank was fully established as an independent bank in 1983, and today more than 250 institutions in nearly 100 countries operate micro-credit programs based on the Grameen Bank model. One expert in innovative government has stated that the program established by Yunus "is the single most important development in the third world in the last 100 years." Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below."
A man who has successfully translated a single vision into tangible benefits for millions of people around the world, Yunus has proven that we can overcome the seemingly impossible as we work toward building a better future for all.
Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Muhammad Yunus and other top speakers and celebrities.
Muhammad Yunus is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Muhammad Yunus for your event is $100,000 - $200,000. Muhammad Yunus generally travels from Bangladesh and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Joseph Stiglitz, Naomi Klein, Anil Gupta, Amy Goodman and Gary Hamel. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Muhammad Yunus for an upcoming event.
In the middle of the class, one of my students asked, “Do you know Muhammad Yunus?” I did not know what to say and why the student asked me such a ...
Muhammad Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank, the pioneering Dhaka-based organization that spread microcredit and microfinance globally. Professor ...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus on how anyone can become super happy, and how beggars become entrepreneurs.
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