Muhammad Yunus & Pat Mitchell at the Skoll World Forum 2007
Video Description
Pat Mitchell sits down with Muhammad Yunus at the Skoll World Forum 2007. She talks about his life story and road to the Nobel Peace Prize, then asks him questions about social innovation. “Human beings are multi-dimensional,” he says. “We should create a business to do good to people. Human beings not only want to be happy with the money they make, they want to be happy with the contributions they make.”
Speakers
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Founder and President, Pat Mitchell Media
Co-Founder of Connected Women Leaders Forums and Co-Founder, Host, and Curator for TEDWomen
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Founder, Grameen Bank
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus is the father of microcredit and social business, Founder of Grameen Bank and of more than 50 other companies. Fortune Magazine named him 'one of 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time'. Professor Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Grameen Bank Project and is one of seven people to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom and the US Congressional Gold Medal. He received his BA and PhD in Economics and is the recipient of more than 50 honorary degrees.
