Forbes.com released their 2009 “The Most Influential business Thinkers” results. The consulting firm CrainerDearlove compiled this list of today’s top thinkers, by surveyed 3,500 people and a panel of experts to determine the 2009 edition of the Thinkers 50, the fifth edition of a biennial list of the most influential living management thinkers. This years results are listed below.
| Rank | Name | 2007 Rank | Country | Day Job |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.K. Prahalad | 1 | India/U.S. | University of Michigan Academic |
| 2 | Malcolm Gladwell | 18 | Canada | New Yorker Columnist |
| 3 | Paul Krugman | - | U.S. | Princeton Academic |
| 4 | Steve Jobs | 29 | U.S. | CEO of Apple |
| 5 | W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne | 6 | Korea/U.S. | Insead Academics |
| 6 | Muhammad Yunus | - | Bangladesh | Founder of Grameen Bank, Economist |
| 7 | Bill Gates | 2 | U.S. | Founder of Microsoft, Philanthropist |
| 8 | Richard Branson | 9 | U.K. | Founder of Virgin, Entrepreneur |
| 9 | Philip Kotler | 11 | U.S. | Northwestern University Academic |
| 10 | Gary Hamel | 5 | U.S. | Co-founder Mlab, Consultant |
| 11 | Michael Porter | 4 | U.S. | Harvard Academic |
| 12 | Ratan Tata | - | India | Chairman of Tata |
| 13 | Ram Charan | 22 | India | Executive Coach |
| 14 | Marshall Goldsmith | 34 | U.S. | Executive Coach |
| 15 | S.Kris Gopalakrishnan | - | India | Co-founder and CEO of Infosys |
| 16 | Howard Gardner | 39 | U.S. | Harvard Academic |
| 17 | Jim Collins | 10 | U.S. | Consultant |
| 18 | Lynda Gratton | 19 | U.K. | London Business School Academic |
| 19 | Tom Peters | 7 | U.S. | Consultant |
| 20 | Jack Welch | 8 | U.S. | Retired Executive |
| 21 | Eric Schmidt | - | U.S. | CEO of Google |
| 22 | Joseph Stiglitz | - | U.S. | Columbia Academic |
| 23 | Kjell Nordstrom & Jonas Ridderstrale | 13 | Sweden | Speakers and Academics |
| 24 | Vijay Govindarajan | 23 | India/U.S. | Academic in Residence for GE |
| 25 | Marcus Buckingham | 38 | U.K. | Speaker |
| 26 | Richard D’Aveni | 46 | U.S. | Dartmouth Academic |
| 27 | Rosabeth Moss Kanter | 28 | U.S. | Harvard Academic |
| 28 | Clayton Christensen | 25 | U.S. | Harvard Academic |
| 29 | Stephen Covey | 15 | U.S. | Speaker and Author |
| 30 | Thomas Friedman | 26 | U.S. | New York Times Columnist |
| 31 | David Ulrich | 42 | U.S. | University of Michigan Academic |
| 32 | Roger Martin | - | Canada | Dean of University of Toronto Rotman School |
| 33 | Henry Mintzberg | 16 | Canada | McGill Academic |
| 34 | Daniel Goleman | 37 | U.S. | Author and Consultant |
| 35 | Chris Anderson | - | U.S. | Wired Editor-in-chief |
| 36 | Warren Bennis | 24 | U.S. | University of Southern California Academic |
| 37 | Robert Kaplan & David Norton | 12 | U.S. | Consultants |
| 38 | Jeff Immelt | 31 | U.S. | CEO of General Electric |
| 39 | Don Tapscott | - | Canada | Consultant |
| 40 | Nassim Taleb | - | Lebanon | Academic |
| 41 | John Kotter | 30 | U.S. | Harvard Academic |
| 42 | Niall Ferguson | - | U.K. | Harvard and Oxford Academic |
| 43 | Charles Handy | 14 | Ireland | Author |
| 44 | Rakesh Khurana | 45 | India/U.S. | Harvard Academic |
| 45 | Manfred Kets De Vries | - | Holland | Insead Academic |
| 46 | Tammy Erickson | - | U.S. | Author and Consultant |
| 47 | Costas Markides | 44 | Cyprus | London Business School Academic |
| 48 | Barbara Kellerman | - | U.S. | Harvard Academic |
| 49 | Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones | 32 | U.K. | Academics |
| 50 | Jimmy Wales | - | U.S. | Co-founder of Wikipedia |
Source: CrainerDearlove, www.crainerdearlove.com.
All in all a pretty impressive list. I have read many of the books an article by many of the top 50 and I have been impressed by their thinking and insights. All leaders in their respective fields.
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Not sure if I agree with Gladwell being ranked higher than Tom Peters or Marshall Goldsmith, but it does demonstrate that new voices are rising up in business and leadership. Good post. Thanks for sharing.
As an academic, its great to see so many academics on the list. It affirms tomany of us that society indeed needs new ideas and knowledge to progress.
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