The Leaderonomics Show

Muhammad Yunus, winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2006

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:18:45 +0000

Muhammad Yunus is a man of many talents. Born and raised in Bangladesh, he grew up to be a banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. In his previous career as a professor of economics, Muhammad Yunus has developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance – types of loans that were given to entrepreneurs that were too poor to qualify for the traditional bank loans system. Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below.

Chris Zook, Partner of Bain & Company (Amsterdam)

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:59:41 +0000

Chris Zook is a Partner in Bain & Company’s Amsterdam office and has been co-head of the Global Strategy Practice for the past 15 years. Zook received a B.A. in mathematics and economics from Williams College, a M.Phil. in economics from Exeter College, Oxford University, and Masters and Ph.D degrees from Harvard University. He specializes in helping companies find new sources of profitable growth.

He is the author of five books, which includes titles such as Repeatability: Build Enduring Businesses for a World of Constant Change, Profit from the Core: A Return to Growth in Turbulent Times and Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Profitable Growth. All the books are based on a growth study begun in 1990 at Bain & Company that involves thousands of companies worldwide.

Marco De Marco, Professor of Organization and Information Systems

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:54:06 +0000

Marco De Marco is full-time professor of Organization and Information Systems at the Università Cattolica in Milan. He also teaches the Business Organization course at the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. Before embarking upon his academic career he worked as a research engineer and product planning manager in the aerospace (Boeing) and computer (IBM, GE, and Honeywell) industries. He is the author of four books and numerous essays and articles; mainly on the development of information systems and the impacts of technology on organizations. He is a member of the editorial board of several academic journals. Marco In 2008 and 2009, he was a Board committee member of the Association for Information Systems, representing Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. His main research interests have included information system development and performance measurement methodologies, while bank information systems and their specificities were a particular study and focus. At ICIS 2010 he was awarded the AIS Fellow prize for his contribution to the IS discipline.

Andrew J Filipowski, CEO of Silkroad Technology

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:20:02 +0000

Andrew J. “Flip” Filipowski is a Polish American technology entrepreneur born in 1950 in Chicago, IL. He is currently the Executive Chairman and CEO of SilkRoad Equity, a private investment firm, and founded Platinum Technology in 1985. He founded or cofounded Blue Rhino Corporation; Primo Water; SilkRoad technology, Inc.; DBMS, Inc.; the House of Blues; SolidSpace, Inc.; onramp Branding; MissionMode and InterAct 911 Corp. Platinum technology was sold to Computer Associates (CA) in 1999 for $3.5 billion, a record at the time for a software company. Filipowski’s personal proceeds from the deal were $290 million.

Datuk Lee Chong Wei

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:26:19 +0000

Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a professional badminton player who was ranked first worldwide for 199 consecutive weeks from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the third Malaysian men’s singles shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in the 1980s), and is the only Malaysian shuttler to hold the ranking for more than two weeks. Lee is a silver medalist in both the 2008 and the 2012 Olympic Games.