2007 Thinkers50 Ranking & Awards
London, November 12, 2007
Ranking of Management Thinkers
#1 C. K. Prahalad
Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
#2 Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.
#3 Alan Greenspan
American economist who served as Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006.
#4 Michael Porter
The father of modern business strategy, and the most cited scholar today in economics and business.
#5 Gary Hamel
The opinionated, sometimes acerbic, voice of contemporary strategy, Hamel brings aphoristic energy to the turgid world of management writing.