Muhammad Yunus

About

Bangladeshi entrepreneur who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and for his work in the fields of microcredit and microfinance.

Before Fame

He studied economics at Vanderbilt University, earning a Ph.D. in 1969.

Trivia

In 2011, he co-founded Unus Social Business - Global Initiatives and in 2012, he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland.

Family Life

He was married to Vera Forostenko, an opera singer, from 1970 and 1979.

Associated With

He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006; Al Gore won it the following year.