Prahalad voted best management icon

Non-Resident Indian C K Prahalad, has been voted as the most influential living management thinker for the second time in a row, according to a biennial ranking of business gurus. “Prahalad’s influence on the business world is immense,” said Des Dearlove, co-creator of ‘the Thinkers 50 ranking’, in a statement.

Other Indians
Prahalad is one of six Indian-born management thinkers to make the 2009 listing. Joining him are Ratan Tata, chief executive of Tata Industries, at number 12; Ram Charan, executive coach, at number 13; Kris Gopalakrishnan, founder of Infosys, at number 15; Vjay Govindarajan, of Tuck Business School, at number 24; and Rakesh Khurana, of Harvard Business School at number44.