Syed Manzur Elahi

Syed Manzur Elahi is a Bangladeshi businessperson and chairman of Apex group.[1]

Syed Manzur Elahi
সৈয়দ মঞ্জুর এলাহী
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationUniversity of Dhaka, St Xavier, Calcutta

Early life

Elahi's father Sir Syed Nasim Ali was the Chief Justice of the undivided Bengal in 1946.[2]

Elahi received his B.A. from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. He earned his master's degree from the University of Dhaka in Economics. He founded and is the chairman of Holiday Publications Limited.[3] He moved to Dhaka in 1962 from Kolkata. In 1972, he resigned from his job and started working as an agent for a French leather importer. In 1975, the Bangladesh government started to privatize companies that were nationalised. He bought one such company, Orient Tannery, in Hazaribag, Dhaka for 1.2 million taka.[4]

Career

Elahi ventured into the business world on his 30th birthday after a 7-year tenure at British American Tobacco. He is the chairman of Apex group.[5] He is an administrator of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.[6] He is a former advisor to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh.[7] He is the chairman of the Trustee board of East West University.[8] In 2008, he was the president of Dhaka University Alumni Association.[9] He held a term as the chairman of Pioneer Insurance Company Limited.[10] He is the chairman of Bangladesh Freedom Foundation.[11]

Personal life

Elahi was married to Niloufer Manzur. She had founded Sunbeams School in Bangladesh. Both of them contracted COVID-19 in 2020. Niloufer died on 26 May 2020.[12]

References
  1. O'Driscoll, Shaun. "The Results – UKBCCI Business & Entrepreneur Excellence Awards 2019". UK BCCI.
  2. Mamun, Firoz Al (9 December 2017). "'I Never Thought to be Second'". Daily Sun.
  3. "The mentality of 'winner takes all' does not bring democracy". The Daily Star. 14 November 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. Karmali, Naazneen (September 2014). "Bangladesh's Apex Group Emerges As Shoemaker To The World". Forbes Asia. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. "Apex Group Chairman Manzur Elahi, his wife Niloufer of Sunbeams school test positive for coronavirus". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. "Dhaka should study WTO competition policy". The Daily Star. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. "Bangladeshi migrants get less for lack of language skill". The Daily Star. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. "EWU hosts photo exhibition titled 'Photo Fest Asia 2019'". The Daily Star. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. "MTBL-DUAA stipends for meritorious DU students". The Daily Star. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  10. "Pioneer Insurance elects chairman". The Daily Star. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  11. "The Daily Star Roundtable". The Daily Star. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  12. "Niloufer Manzur, founding principal of Sunbeams, dies from Covid-19". The Daily Star. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.


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