Muhammad Yunus

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Professor Muhammad Yunus, Former Chief Adviser, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, founder of Grameen Bank, and 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate is a global visionary from Bangladesh pioneering the concepts of microcredit and social business. In 2006, Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize. He has founded more than 50 social business companies. For his constant innovation and enterprise, the Fortune Magazine named Professor Yunus in March 2012 as “one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time.” He is the first Muslim to receive the Congressional Gold Medal distributed by the United States Congress in 2013. He received the US Presidential Medal in 2009. He is one of only seven individuals to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom and the United States Congressional Gold Medal and has appeared on the cover of Time, Newsweek and Forbes Magazines.At the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Professor Yunus was conferred with the Olympic Laurel award for his extensive work in sports for development, bringing the concept of social business to the sports world. In 2019 the Vatican awarded him with the Lamp of Peace of St. Francis for promoting peace and harmony world wide. Professor Muhammad Yunus is the recipient of 67 honorary degrees from universities across 26 countries. He has received 145 awards from 33 countries including state honours from 10 countries.