Each generation of business students has a prototypical hero. Past generations have revered masters of possibility: the self-made millionaire, the architect of the corporate takeover, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur.
Throughout my career, I have come to admire many different kinds of leaders, but perhaps none more than the father of microcredit, Muhammad Yunus. As founder and managing director of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank, Prof Yunus has been lending to the poor for more than three decades, and in 2006 won the Nobel Peace Prize, which made him a global icon. Read more.
Read the full article: The Dean’s Column in the Financial Times
