2001 Thinkers50 Ranking & Awards
London, November 15, 2001
Ranking of Management Thinkers
#1 Peter Drucker
Far sighted and always opinionated, Drucker has built an encyclopaedic store of knowledge which he has applied over the last 50 years to management.
#2 Charles Handy
The genteel, civilised voice of management, Charles Handy is a British oil executive turned academic and, in a glorious third career, populist social philosopher.
#3 Michael Porter
Leading expert on strategy and innovation, teaches how to execute breakthrough ideas to generate growth.
#4 Gary Hamel
The opinionated, sometimes acerbic, voice of contemporary strategy, Hamel brings aphoristic energy to the turgid world of management writing.
#5 Tom Peters
Born in Baltimore in 1942 “with a lacrosse stick in one hand and oars over my shoulder,” Peters resided in California, mainly Silicon Valley [where he was on a list of “100 most powerful people in Silicon Valley”], from 1965–2000.