維杰?戈文達拉揚

學校：達特茅斯大學塔克商學院

年齡：61歲

趣事：他到過六大洲90多個國家。

????戈文達拉揚的研究專注于策略和創新。他堅持公司成長的唯一方式是通過創新。“能進行戰略創新的公司可以用持續的增長吸引投資者，通過改變游戲規則讓競爭者出其不意，”他在季度簡訊《VG的創新季刊》（VG's Innovation Quarterly）中這樣說。

????VG是他名字的首字母縮寫，業界都這么稱呼他。他和通用電氣(GE)首席執行官杰夫?伊梅爾特共同撰寫了《GE如何顛覆自我》(How GE is Disrupting Itself)，刊登在《哈佛商業評論》(Harvard Business Review)上，引入了“反向創新”理念，即首先在發展中世界采用的任何創新。《哈佛商業評論》(Harvard Business Review)將反向創新列為十年10大偉大理念之一。

????VG對商業世界的影響顯著。他和超過25%的財富500強公司合作過，曾任通用電氣首位駐校教授和首席創新顧問。他出了9本書，包括兩本暢銷書《戰略創新者的十大法則》(Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators)以及《創新的另一面》(The Other Side of Innovation)。

????最近，這位教授提議的300美元住房計劃引起了熱議，這項計劃希望能在全球范圍內重建貧困社區。

Vijay Govindarajan

School: Dartmouth - Tuck

Age: 61

Fun fact:He's travelled to over 90 countries in six continents.

????Govindarajan's research focuses on strategy and innovation. He stands firm on the idea that the only way companies can grow is through innovation. "Companies that are capable of strategic innovation delight investors with sustained growth and surprise competitors by changing the rules of the game," he says on the website for his "VG's Innovation Quarterly," his quarterly newsletter.

????"VG" -- as he's known throughout the business world -- worked with GE's CEO Jeff Immelt to write "How GE is Disrupting Itself," a Harvard Business Review article that introduced the concept of reverse innovation -- any innovation that is adopted first in the developing world. Harvard Business Review has rated reverse innovation as one of the 10 big ideas of the decade.

????VG's influence on the business world is clear. He has worked with more than 25% of the Fortune 500 corporations and he was the first professor in residence and chief innovation consultant atGeneral Electric (GE, Fortune 500). He has published nine books, including two best sellersTen Rules for Strategic Innovators and The Other Side of Innovation.

????Recently, the professor has created a buzz for his proposed $300 house project, a global effort to rebuild impoverished communities across the world.