Iqbal Quadir

@Founder of Grameenphone, Career and Personal Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Iqbal Z Bangladeshi Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania Telecommunication Miscellaneous Educators Leo Celebrities Iqbal Z. Quadir is the founder of Gonofone and Grameenphone. Inspired by his upbringing as an impoverished youth in rural Bangladesh, he recognized the need for better communication between citizens and providers of goods and services. He completed two Masters Degrees at the University of Pennsylvania and worked for several international financial companies before founding Gonofone and Grameenphone. Through Grameenphone, Quadir used mobile devices to provide a national communication system to the people of Bangladesh. Quadir has taught at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT, he established the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship. He created numerous foundations to benefit the rural poor in third world nations, one of which funded an essay competition that led to the genesis of a method that extracts arsenic from water and soil. Financial Aid from first world nations frequently fails developing nations in the long term due to the fact that the source of funding is a crutch rather than a solution to the problems the citizens of the country face. Quadir's efforts to empower the underprivileged have allowed millions of people to earn a larger income which in turn enables them to provide basic comforts for their families.

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Birthday: August 13, 1958 Nationality: Bangladeshi Famous: Founder of Grameenphone, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania, Telecommunication, Miscellaneous, Educators Universities: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT),Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Swarthmore College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Notable Alumnis: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania Founder / Co-Founder: Grameenphone Emergence BioEnergy Legatum Center at MIT Birth Place: Jessore District Information Detail Birthday August 13, 1958 Nationality Bangladeshi Famous Founder of Grameenphone, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania, Telecommunication, Miscellaneous, Educators Universities Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT),Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Swarthmore College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Notable Alumnis Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania Founder / Co-Founder Grameenphone Emergence BioEnergy Legatum Center at MIT Birth Place Jessore District Gender Male Sun Sign Leo Born in Jessore District Famous as Founder of Grameenphone

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Quadir's efforts in the creation of Grameenphone brought international recognition to the idea that investments which create industry in developing countries propagate large scale change for the nation's citizens. Unsplash Personal Life

He is part of the board of directors for the World Wide Web Foundation, an organization that champions affordable and uncensored internet access. Unsplash Personal Life

Quadir is also on the board of the Global Fairness Initiative which contributes efforts to provide economic advancement to the working poor. Unsplash Personal Life

Iqubal Quadir was born in Narail, Jessore, Bangladesh on August 13, 1958, to Anwarul Quadir, who was a lawyer. His siblings include Kamal and Khalid Quadir, pioneers in the financial and public service sectors. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He completed secondary school at the Jhenidah Cadet College, a military boarding school located in Jhenidah, Bangladesh. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Quadir and his siblings pursued advanced education in the United States after the death of their father in 1972. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1981, he graduated with honors from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, with a Bachelors of Science degree. Unsplash Career

Between 1983 and 1987, he earned Master of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Unsplash Career

He moved steadily upward through the financial business world from 1983 to 1993, starting as a consultant for World Bank and eventually becoming the vice president of the Atrium Capital Corporation. Unsplash Career

In a joint partnership with GrameenBank, Quadir established Grameenphone in 1997 which provided the citizens of Bangladesh with their first national communication system. Unsplash Career

As a fellow at Harvard University's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government from 2001 to 2005, he led graduate courses focused on technology's influence in developing nations. Unsplash Career

He established the Anwarul Quadir Foundation in 2004 to encourage modernization in Bangladesh. The group created an essay competition that would lead one of its participants to evolve a method to extract arsenic from water and soil. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	August 13, 1958
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Famous	Founder of Grameenphone, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania, Telecommunication, Miscellaneous, Educators
Universities	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT),Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Swarthmore College Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Notable Alumnis	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Founder / Co-Founder	Grameenphone Emergence BioEnergy Legatum Center at MIT
Birth Place	Jessore District
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Leo
Born in	Jessore District
Famous as	Founder of Grameenphone

Iqbal Quadir

Bangladeshi

Aug 13, 1958

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Jessore District