Muhammad Yunus and Travis Kalanick
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Here we have two dynamic innovators and entrepreneurs.  They created enterprises which changed the world and yet they both fell from grace.  Muhammad Yunus founded the Grameen Bank, pioneered microfinance and won the Nobel Peace Prize.  Travis Kalanick founded Uber, at one stage  the fastest growing start-up in history.
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