C K Prahalad tops World's top 50 Thinkers list

Indian-born Coimbatore Krishnao (CK) Prahalad, has been voted the world's most influential living management thinker.Prahalad, who is the first Indian-origin thinker to claim the title, was ranked number three in last year's Thinkers 50 list.

With Gary Hamel, a strategy guru (ranked 14), CK Prahalad wrote the bestselling book Competing for the Future, which introduced the idea of core competencies. Instead of identifying what business they are in, it argues, companies should identify their distinctive competencies — allowing them to focus on the activities they excel at which provide a competitive advantage.

There are three other Indians in the top 50: CEO coach Ram Charan at No. 22 (up from No. 24 last year), innovation guru Vijay Govindarajan of the Tuck Business School at No. 23 (No. 31 last year); and Harvard’s Rakesh Khurana at No. 45 (No. 33 last year).

The Top 10
Here is the List of the Top 10.
Ranking Name
1 CK PRAHALAD
2 Bill GATES
3 Alan GREENSPAN
4 Michael PORTER
5 Gary HAMEL
6 Chan KIM & Renée MAUBORGNE
7 Tom PETERS
8 Jack WELCH
9 Richard BRANSON
10 Jim COLLINS