Muhammad Yunus
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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.
