The Nobel Peace Prize 2006
Awarded on: 2006-10-13
"for their efforts to create economic and social development from below"
Muhammad Yunus
Born: 1940-06-28 in Chittagong, British India (now Bangladesh)
Gender: male
Field: Chief Adviser of Bangladesh since 2024
Biography
Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, civil society leader and statesman who has been serving as the fifth chief adviser of Bangladesh since 2024. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. He is the founder of Grameen Bank and the first Bangladeshi to win the Nobel Peace Prize.