Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 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 also serves on the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation, a public charity created in 1998 by American philanthropist Ted Turner’s $1 billion gifts to support UN causes.
Mohammad Yunus
BORN: 28 June 1940 (age 81)
HOME TOWN: Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India
PARENT: Sofia Khatun (mother) and Hazi Dula Mia Shoudagar (father)
SPOUSE: Vera Forostenko
CHILDREN: Monica Yunus, Deena Afroz Yunus
OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur, Professor, Economist, Banker, University Teacher
AWARDS: Ramon Magsaysay Award (1984), Independence Day Award (1987), Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1989), World Food Prize (1994), Pfeffer Peace Prize (1994), International SimΓ³n BolΓvar Prize (1996), Prince of Asturias Award (1998), Gandhi Peace Prize (2000), Volvo Environment Prize (2003), Seoul Peace Prize (2006), Nobel Peace Prize (2006), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009), Congressional Gold Medal (2010), Olympic Laurel (2021)…
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