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We all know which are the best business schools in the world, but who are the professors who make learning so great?
Let's take a look at some of the best B-school professors in the world, including two from India.
NOTE: The list is not ranked in any particular order.
Source: poetsandquants.com
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Pankaj Ghemawat
Age: 51
School: IESE Business School, Spain
Fun fact: In 1991, became the youngest person in the Harvard Business School's history to be appointed a full professor
My dream job: Writing
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Vijay Govindarajan
Age: 61
School: Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
Fun fact: I've travelled to over 90 countries in six continents
My dream job: I was built for teaching
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Jeremy Siegel
Age: 65
School: The Wharton School
Fun fact: Never took a course in finance or financial markets; learned the subject matter on my own
My dream job: Travelling, consulting and lecturing
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Michael E Porter
Age: 64
School: Harvard Business School
Fun fact: I am a strategic advisor to the Boston Red Sox
My dream job: Professional golfer
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Jeffrey Pfeffer
Age: 66
School: Stanford University's Graduate School of Business
Fun fact: Loves the theatre and is on the board of directors of the San Francisco Playhouse
My dream job: A plaintiff's attorney
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Dana Muir
Age: N/A
School: Ross School of Management, University of Michigan
Fun fact: None of my former students have been jailed yet - so far as I know
My dream job: Owning and managing a scuba resort in Papua New Guinea
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Sharon Oster
Age: 62
School: Yale School of Management
Fun fact: My husband, daughter and son-in-law are all economists teaching at universities as well
My dream job: Stand-up comedy - although I am not really very funny which is one reason it is a dream
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Greg Fairchild
Age: 47
School: Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Fun fact: Did fashion marketing at Procter & Gamble and Saks Fifth Avenue
My dream job: Chef in a fusion restaurant
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Jennifer Chatman
Age: 52
School: Haas School of Business, University of California - Berkeley
Fun fact: As a long-time runner, I escorted the Olympic Torch Runners across the Golden Gate Bridge
My dream job: Biologist or veterinarian
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Charles Calomiris
Age: 53
School: Columbia Business School
Fun fact: Chants in the Greek Orthodox Church
My dream job: Musician
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Jennifer Aaker
Age: N/A
School: Stanford University's Graduate School of Business
Fun fact: She counts winning a dance-off in the early 1980's among her most impressive accomplishments
My dream job: An oncologist
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Lynda Gratton
Age: 55
School: London Business School
Fun fact: I love to paint the sea from my house in Spain
My dream job: Writing and running a wildly creative research/consultancy