The Bangladesh chief adviser shared the stage with former US president Bill Clinton at a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative 2024.
Yunus was invited to speak at the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting, where former president Clinton said, “few people on this planet have done as much to change the lives of ordinary people who would never have had access to credit.”
Their friendship dates back to the 1980s, when Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, invited Yunus to visit and share his approach to alleviating poverty through small loans, which had successfully empowered impoverished Bangladeshi women without access to traditional banking services.
“You’re the only old guy I know who was ever drafted for his eminent position by the young people of his country,” Clinton quipped about Yunus’s elevation to interim leader.
“That’s because he has succeeded in doing what we all must do: we all have to stay in the future business,” he added.
