C K Prahalad is World's Most Influential Thinker (Thinkers 50 2007)

Prahalad voted the world's most influential living management thinker

Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad (C K Prahalad), India-born management guru and academician, has been voted the world's most influential living management thinker ahead of hands-on managers like Bill Gates, Alan Greenspan and Richard Branson.

Prahalad, who is the first Indian-origin thinker to claim the title, was ranked number three in last year's Thinkers 50 list brought out by Suntop Media.

C. K. Prahalad, the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, is a globally known figure and has consulted with the top management of many of the world's foremost companies. His research specializes in corporate strategy and the role and value added of top management in large, diversified, multinational corporations.


Source: Thinkers50, Rediff, University of Michigan