YUNUS Professor
Grameen Trust Representative
Muhammad Yunus has been the interim Prime Minister of Bangladesh since August 2024. He taught economics at Middle Tennessee University from 1969 to 1972. Returning to Bangladesh in 1972, he became head of the Department of Economics at Chittagong University. The Grameen Bank Project, launched under his leadership in 1976, was transformed into a fully-fledged bank in 1983 with the support of the Bangladeshi government.
Muhammad Yunus serves on the boards of several national and international organizations and companies, including Grameen Danone Food Ltd. and Danone Communities Fund.
He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour by President Chirac in May 2004. In 2006, he received the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the Grameen Bank "in recognition of their efforts to bring about economic and social development from the bottom up."
He is the author of "The Banker to the Poor," "Creating a World Without Poverty: The Social Economy and the Future of Capitalism," and "For a More Humane Economy."
Professor Yunus holds a PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University (USA) and a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh).
