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Peter Ferdinand Drucker (born November 19, 1909) is a management theorist who created many
phrases common in business today.
Drucker, born in Vienna, Austria, moved
to the United States in 1937. He
taught at New York University as Professor of Management from
1950 to 1971.
He has been writing influential works about management since the 1940s. He has written
about 30 books, and from 1975 to 1995 he was an
editorial columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Now in his
nineties, he still consults for businesses and non-profit
organizations.
Drucker was awarded the Presidential Medal
of Freedom by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 9, 2002. He recently founded the Leader to
Leader Foundation.
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