A former investment banker, Per L. Saxegaard of Norway recognized years ago that there was no Nobel Prize for Business, so he founded the Business for Peace Foundation and assembled a team of past Nobel Laureates in Peace and Economics to serve as a the panel of judges. Ten years and dozens of winners later, the Business for Peace Awards are internationally recognized. The 2016 winners included Tore Lærdal, founder of Lærdal Medical and and Dr Jennifer Nkuene Riria who launched a successful microfinance institution in Kenya.

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Social Entrepreneur Creates ‘Nobel Prize for Business’ Focused On Social Responsibility