The definitive listing of the world’s top 50 business thinkers
Rankings are in from Thinker50 – the top 50 minds in business. I’m not sure I agree with much of whats on here but let me know what you think. The website even has video interviews with many of the top thinkers.
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(H/T Ariel)
Ranking Name
1 CK PRAHALAD (1)
2 Malcolm GLADWELL (18)
3 Paul KRUGMAN (-)
4 Steve JOBS (29)
5 Chan KIM & Renée MAUBORGNE (6)
6 Muhammad YUNUS (-)
7 Bill GATES (2)
8 Richard BRANSON (9)
9 Philip KOTLER (11)
10 Gary HAMEL (5)
11 Michael PORTER (4)
12 Ratan TATA (-)
13 Ram CHARAN (22)
14 Marshall GOLDSMITH (34)
15 S. (Kris) GOPALAKRISHNAN (-)
16 Howard GARDNER (39)
17 Jim COLLINS (10)
18 Lynda GRATTON (19)
19 Tom PETERS (7)
20 Jack WELCH (8)
21 Eric SCHMIDT (-)
22 Joseph STIGLITZ (-)
23 Kjell NORDSTRÖM & Jonas RIDDERSTRÅLE (13)
24 Vijay GOVINDARAJAN (23)
25 Marcus BUCKINGHAM (38)
26 Richard D’AVENI (46)
27 Rosabeth MOSS KANTER (28)
28 Clayton CHRISTENSEN (25)
29 Stephen COVEY (15)
30 Thomas FRIEDMAN (26)
31 David ULRICH (42)
32 Roger MARTIN (-)
33 Henry MINTZBERG (16)
34 Daniel GOLEMAN (37)
35 Chris ANDERSON (-)
36 Warren BENNIS (24)
37 Robert KAPLAN & David NORTON (12)
38 Jeff IMMELT (31)
39 Don TAPSCOTT (-)
40 Nassim Nicholas TALEB (-)
41 John KOTTER (30)
42 Niall FERGUSON (-)
43 Charles HANDY (14)
44 Rakesh KHURANA (45)
45 Manfred KETS DE VRIES (-)
46 Tammy ERICKSON (-)
47 Costas MARKIDES (44)
48 Barbara KELLERMAN (-)
49 Rob GOFFEE & Gareth JONES (32)
50 Jimmy WALES (-)
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