A version of this article appeared in the December 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review. Photography: Jared Leeds Muhammad Yunus won a Nobel Peace Prize for spreading the concept of...

Being the global centre of excellence for social business incubation, Yunus Centre aims to involve brilliant young minds from all over the world to study on social business ideas. The internship program allows interns to gain valuable insights on Professor Yunus’ philosophy.

Muhammad Yunus [a] (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, businessman, ... and hence microcredit was a viable business model. [29] Yunus lent US$27 of his money to 42 women in the village, who made a profit of BDT 0.50 (US$0.02) each on the loan. [30]

Professor Muhammad Yunus co-founded Yunus Social Business and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board. He is the founder of Grameen Bank and father of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty.

Prior to co-founding Yunus Social Business, Muhammad Yunus pioneered the field of micro-finance through Grameen Bank in his home country of Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize for establishing microfinance and trying to …

Yunus Social Business was founded in Germany in 2011 by Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Saskia Bruysten and Sophie Eisemann to expand on the success of social business from Bangladesh and ignite it around the world.

Jun 27, 2022 · Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist, best known as the founder of the grassroots Grameen Bank, a financial institution (FI) that provides small loans to poor people without any...

Jan 29, 2025 · Muhammad Yunus (born June 28, 1940, Chittagong, East Bengal [now Bangladesh]) is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit (small loans to poor people possessing no collateral) to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency.

Nov 15, 2016 · The Nobel Laureate, founder of Grameen Bank, and chairman of Yunus Social Business explores how sustainable social businesses can benefit society and, surprisingly, the corporate sector.

Aug 27, 2019 · Dr. Muhammad Yunus, a renowned, visionary economist, closely observed as the world economic system exploited the current masses. The existing economic order was designed to serve the rich, while the lower strata of society were not …