2. Born in 1909  Born in Vienna, Austria died November 11, 2005, Claremont, California.  The founding father of the study of management  His writing focused on management- related literature  Made famous the term knowledge worker and is thought to have unknowingly ushered in the knowledge economy

3. Born in 1918  An applied mathematician and business manager. He is known as the father of Strategic management.  Igor was recognized worldwide as the Pioneer and Father of Strategic Management. He was the first management strategy guru to recognize the need for strategic planning for firms operating in the increasingly complex and turbulent environment.

4. Born in 1931  Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the North-western University Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago  Dr. Kotler has authored what is widely recognized as the best selling textbook on marketing: Marketing Management, now in its 12th edition  Authored & co-authored number of books: - Lateral Marketing; - Kotler on Marketing; - Strategic Marketing for Non-Profits;

5. Born in 1939  An internationally renowned academic and author on business and strategic management.  Henry Mintzberg writes prolifically on the topics of strategic management and business strategy, with more than 140 articles and 13 books to his name.  Seminal book, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning  Recently published a book entitled Managers Not MBAs

6. Born in 1939  Professor of Strategic Leadership at London Business School (London, UK), since 1990  Received a BA (Distinction) and MA in Economics from Boston University, MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School  Associate Editor of the European Management Journal and is on the Editorial Board of the Strategic Management Journal and the MIT Sloan Management Review. Constantinos is also a Fellow of the World Economic Forum in Davos

7. Born in 1940  Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and co-creator, together with David P. Norton, of the balanced scorecard, a means of linking a company's current actions to its long-term goals.  Kaplan and Norton introduced the balanced scorecard method in their 1992 Harvard Business Review article, The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance.

8. Born in 1941  Earned the first spot on Suntop Media's 2007 "Thinkers 50" list.  Professor of Corporate Strategy at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, is a globally recognized business consultant whose client list includes AT&T, Cargill, Citicorp, Oracle, TRW and Unilever.  His research focuses chiefly on next practices, corporate strategy and the role of top management in diversified multinational corporations.

9. Born in 1942  Peters was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He went to Severn School for High School and attended Cornell University, receiving a bachelor's degree in civil engineering  an American writer and expert on business management practices Best-known for co-writing the classic book: In Search of Excellence, with Robert H. Waterman, Jr.

10. Born in 1947  An American scientist and director of the Centre for Organizational Learning at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is known as author of the book The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization

11. Born in 1947  An American academic focused on management and economics. He is the founder of The Monitor Group. Porter has made important contributions to strategic management and strategy theory  Porter's main academic objectives focus on how a firm or a region can build a competitive advantage and develop competitive strategy

12. Peter Ferdinand Drucker 1909 Igor Ansof f 1918 Phillip Kotler 1931 Henry Mintzberg 1939 Constantinos C. Markides 1939 Robert S. Kaplan 1940 Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad 1941 Tom Peters 1942 Michael Eugene Porter 1947 Peter Senge 1947