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Iqbal Quadir |

TEDGlobal 2005

• July 2005

Iqbal Quadir講述他在孟加拉的童年經驗，以及他後來在紐約從事投資銀行業的經歷，讓他開啟手機事業，並為孟加拉鄉村地區八千萬人口提供服務，他的事業成為由私人企業發展基礎建設的最佳典範。

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Iqbal Quadir講述他在孟加拉的童年經驗，以及他後來在紐約從事投資銀行業的經歷，讓他開啟手機事業，並為孟加拉鄉村地區八千萬人口提供服務，他的事業成為由私人企業發展基礎建設的最佳典範。

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Founder, GrameenPhone

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Iqbal Quadir is an advocate of business as a humanitarian tool. With GrameenPhone, he brought the first commercial telecom services to poor areas of Bangladesh. His latest project will help rural entrepreneurs build power plants.

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