The 25 Most Influential Business Persons of the Past 25 Years (in alphabetical order)
Here is the list from the Nightly Business Report & Wharton School of Business . This was done to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of NBR . Andy Grove of Intel was voted as No.1 from this list.
What was interesting was that the person who founded Bangladesh's Grameen Bank - Mohammed Yunus was also on top there ! That means that even the B Schools in the US recognise and mention thought leadership that emerge in the third world !
Mary Kay Ash (Entrepreneur)
Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com) - A person who pioneered e-comm and is still going strong ! - gautam
John Bogle (Vanguard)
Richard Branson (Virgin) - Another person who breaks rules as a matter of habit ! - Gautam
Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathway) - We have to learn from him the lesson of thinking long term ! - Gautam
James Burke (J&J)
Michael Dell (Dell) - How many people can make their student businesses grow into a multibillion $ enterprise ?? Dell has ! - Gautam
Peter Drucker (Management Guru) - The person who made businesses into an academic discipline ! Whatever has to be written was told by him! He's the Moses of the b world ! - Gautam
Bill Gates (Microsoft)
William George (Medtronic)
Louis Gerstner (IBM) - He made the 'elephant dance' - gautam
Alan Greenspan (Fed Reserve)
Andy Grove (Intel)
Lee Iacocca (Chrysler)
Steve Jobs (Apple) - Sheer product brilliance ! - Gautam
Herb Kelleher (Southwest Airlines) - challenged and broke aviation rules, and then ruled the industry !
Peter Lynch (Fidelty)
Charles Schwab (Charles Schwab)
Frederick Smith (FedEx)
George Soros (Investor)
Ted Turner (Media Moghul)
Sam Walton (Walmart)
Jack Welch (GE)-
Oprah Winfrey (Media Queen)
Mohammed Yunus (Banker)
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