Rouf Chowdhury
| Abdur Rouf Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Businessperson |
| Organization | Rangs Group |
Abdur Rouf Chowdhury is a graduate in business management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
He has a wide range of experience in several industries including Automobile, Telecom, Pharmaceuticals and Petroleum. He was the Resident Manager of two American Pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh. Being in the senior management position in Jamuna Oil Company, he contributed for 15 years in the market development of Petroleum products in Bangladesh. Both Rangs and Sea Resources Groups comprised 32 companies formed under his dynamic leadership.
Currently, he is the Chairman of Bank Asia Ltd. He also has his dynamic foothold in the print media; he is the Director of the renowned English daily The Daily Star and Bengali daily The Shokaler Khabar.[1]
Career
Rouf Chowdhury went on to founding Rangs group in 1979; today Rangs group is one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates and a business house with interests including telecom, automobile, real estate, electronics, media and publications, ICT, petrochemicals, finance, securities and banking, Insurance, pharmaceuticals, fishery and garments. He later on founded other companies such as Shokaler Khobor, SRL group, Bank Asia and Ranks.[2]
Rangs Group
Rangs Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include automobile, electronics, real estate, shipping etc.
It started founded by a group of pioneer industrialists of Bangladesh.
Small, medium and large family owned businesses dominate over Bangladesh's $100 billion ($288 billion in PPP GDP) economy, which has been growing at over 5 percent a year since 1995.
References
- โ "Rangs Group โ About Rangs". rangsgroup.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- โ "Bank Asia ยป Management". bankasia-bd.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.