Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1940-06-28 (83 years old)

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Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus and the Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below". The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that "lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty" and that "across cultures and civilizations, Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that even the poorest of the poor can work to bring about their own development". Yunus has received several other national and international honours. He received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2010.In February 2011, Yunus together with Saskia Bruysten, Sophie Eisenmann and Hans Reitz co-founded Yunus Social Business – Global Initiatives (YSB). YSB creates and empowers social businesses to address and solve social problems around the world. As the international implementation arm for Yunus' vision of a new, humane capitalism, YSB manages incubator funds for social businesses in developing countries and provides advisory services to companies, governments, foundations and NGOs.

In 2012, he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, a position he held until 2018. Previously, he was a professor of economics at Chittagong University in Bangladesh. He published several books related to his finance work. He is a founding board member of Grameen America and Grameen Foundation, which support microcredit.

Yunus also served on the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to support UN causes, from 1998 to 2021.

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1940-06-28 (83 years old)

Birth Place
Bathua, Bangladesh

Religion
Portuguese

Children
Monica Yunus

Citizenships
Bangladesh

Awards
honorary doctor of the University of Valencia, honorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos, honorary doctor of the University of Alicante, Honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, International Pfeffer Peace Award, honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want, Empowering award, National Order of Benin, Honorary doctorate from university of Florence, honorary doctor of the University of Sydney, Independence Award in Rural Development, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Volvo Environment Prize, The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal, Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, Order of the Liberator, International Simón Bolívar Prize, Fulbright Program, Fulbright Scholarship, Order of Abdulaziz al Saud, Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud, Sydney Peace Prize, Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, Ramon Magsaysay Award, World Food Prize, Congressional Gold Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nobel Peace Prize


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