1947 - Today
Michael Eugene Porter (born May 23, 1947) is an American academic known for his theories on economics, business strategy, and social causes. He is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School, and was one of the founders of the consulting firm The Monitor Group (now part of Deloitte) and FSG, a social impact consultancy. He is credited for creating Porter's five forces analysis, which is instrumental in business strategy development at present. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Porter has received more than 1,533,896 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Porter is the 22nd most popular economist (up from 33rd in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from United States (up from 525th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Economist.
Michael Porter is most famous for his five forces model, which is a framework for analyzing the competitive intensity of an industry. The five forces are: threat of new entrants, threat of substitutes, bargaining power of suppliers, bargaining power of buyers, and rivalry among existing competitors.
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Among economists, Michael Porter ranks 22 out of 315. Before him are Mario Draghi, Jean-Baptiste Say, Paul Samuelson, Henri Fayol, Amartya Sen, and John Law. After him are Joseph Stiglitz, Herbert A. Simon, Simon Kuznets, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, William Petty, and Carl Menger.
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 16
1767 - 1832
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 17
1915 - 2009
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 18
1841 - 1925
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 19
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 20
1671 - 1729
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 22
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 23
1916 - 2001
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 24
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 25
1727 - 1781
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 26
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 27
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 28
Among people born in 1947, Michael Porter ranks 18. Before him are Dilma Rousseff, Mario Draghi, Josep Borrell, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and O. J. Simpson. After him are Takeshi Kitano, Paul Auster, Tom Clancy, Carlos Santana, Glenn Close, and Iggy Pop.
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 12
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.28
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1947 - Present
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1947 - Present
HPI: 69.45
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1947 - Present
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1947 - Present
HPI: 68.87
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1947 - Present
HPI: 68.85
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1947 - Present
HPI: 68.16
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1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
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1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
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1947 - Present
HPI: 67.80
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1947 - Present
HPI: 67.31
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1947 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 24
Among people born in United States, Michael Porter ranks 330 out of 18,182. Before him are O. Henry (1862), Barry Barish (1936), O. J. Simpson (1947), Anton LaVey (1930), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), and Clinton Davisson (1881). After him are Man Ray (1890), Herman Hollerith (1860), Sandra Bullock (1964), John Bardeen (1908), Bill Murray (1950), and James Fenimore Cooper (1789).
1862 - 1910
HPI: 68.89
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1936 - Present
HPI: 68.89
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1947 - Present
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1930 - 1997
HPI: 68.87
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1818 - 1881
HPI: 68.86
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1881 - 1958
HPI: 68.85
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1947 - Present
HPI: 68.85
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1890 - 1976
HPI: 68.84
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1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
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1964 - Present
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1908 - 1991
HPI: 68.77
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1950 - Present
HPI: 68.76
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1789 - 1851
HPI: 68.75
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Among economists born in United States, Michael Porter ranks 3. Before him are Milton Friedman (1912) and Paul Samuelson (1915). After him are Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Herbert A. Simon (1916), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Thorstein Veblen (1857), Gary Becker (1930), Douglass North (1920), Kenneth Arrow (1921), W. Edwards Deming (1900), and Irving Fisher (1867).
1912 - 2006
HPI: 75.22
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1915 - 2009
HPI: 70.07
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1947 - Present
HPI: 68.85
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1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
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HPI: 68.42
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1933 - 2012
HPI: 66.43
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1857 - 1929
HPI: 65.89
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1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
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1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 9
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
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1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 11
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.09
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