CK Prahalad was ranked the most influential business thinker for the second year running

For the second year running CK Prahalad was named as the world's most influential business thinker by Thinkers 50.  The list of 50 includes economists, business gurus, authors, academics, journalists and capitalists and all are world-class keynote speakers:

1  CK PRAHALAD (1)
2  Malcolm GLADWELL (18)
3  Paul KRUGMAN (-)
4  Steve JOBS (29)
5  W. Chan KIM & Renee 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 (-)