birth_place birth_date known_for image article_title name alma_mater
narail , jessore , bangladesh august 13 , 1958 founder of grameenphone iqbal quadir.jpg iqbal quadir
 iqbal quadir swarthmore school of the university of pennsylvania -lrb- ma ' 83 college , mba ' 87 -rrb- -lrb- bs ' 81 -rrb- , wharton
iqbal quadir

iqbal z. quadir -lrb- , born august 13 , 1958 -rrb- is the founder of grameenphone and gonofone .
he is also the founder and current director of the legatum center for development and entrepreneurship at the massachusetts institute of technology and the founding co-editor of `` innovations : technology , governance , globalization '' , a journal published by mit press .
he is also a former fellow and lecturer of john f. kennedy school at harvard university .
