# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iqbal-quadir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:05:13.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iqbal-quadir"
name: "Iqbal Quadir"
slug: "iqbal-quadir"
description: "Iqbal Quadir is a Bangladeshi-American entrepreneur and academic, known for founding the telecommunications company Grameenphone and for his work on development-oriented technology initiatives."
tagline: "American businessman; founder and director emeritus of the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iqbal_Quadir.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1958-08-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.488734666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Quadir"
    title: "Iqbal Quadir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D2%A1%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D2%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Иҡбал Ҡадир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "ইকবাল কাদির"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Quadir"
    title: "Iqbal Quadir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "اقبال قدیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%98%D0%BA%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB"
    title: "Кадир, Икбал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3347269"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump