Peter Drucker  (1909–2005), Economist.

Peter Drucker was born in Vienna in 1909 and grew up in a home where intellectuals, high government officials, and scientists would meet to discuss new ideas. In 1937, Drucker moved to the U.S., where he became a university professor as well as a freelance writer and business consultant. In 1943, Drucker became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He then had a distinguished career as a teacher, first as a professor of politics and philosophy at Bennington College from 1942 to 1949, then twenty-two years at New York University as a Professor of Management from 1950 to 1976. Peter Drucker was also a leader in the development of management education, he invented the concept known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the founder of modern management."