Moosa Bin Shamsher

Moosa Bin Shamsher
Born (1945-10-15) 15 October 1945
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh)
Residence Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Alma mater Pacific Western University[1]
Occupation Chairman and Managing Director, DATCO Group
Spouse(s) Kaniz Fatema Chowdhury
Children 3

Moosa Bin Shamsher (Bengali: মুসা বিন সামসের; born 15 October 1945) is a Bangladeshi businessman and the chairman and CEO of DATCO Group. He has achieved notoriety for purportedly being a prominent name in the international weapons industry during the 1970s and the 1980s.[2]

Business

Moosa founded DATCO.[3] In 2007, a renowned Malta based CA firm’s audit report revealed by FIU, states that he made $10 billion, mostly from the international arms trading by selling tanks; fighter planes, ICBMs and power brokerage that he had carried outside Bangladesh.[4]

Media

The Fuji Television Network has also featured Prince Moosa in the show's popular best-selling spin-off tribute book entitled Sekai No Oknemochi Zukan (Top 100 Richest People of the World).[5]

DATCO group

Formed in 1974, Shamsher's business DATCO is now primarily engaged in the export of labour in the form of migrant rural farmers from Bangladesh to the booming construction industries in the Middle East.[6]

Offering donation

During the UK 1997 general election it was reported that Moosa offered the Labour Party and Tony Blair ₤5 million campaign donation. Although the party declined the donation the offer itself received a lot of media attention.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Farndale, Nigel (30 May 1998). "Man with the Golden Guns". The Vancouver Sun. Pacific Western University in the United States, establishes that it awarded Moosa a PhD in 1988 - after a correspondence course.
  2. ↑ "Dr Moosa Bin Shamsher:A great visionary pathfinder of BD". businessnews24bd.com. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Home". Datco. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Moosa Bin Shamsher: Business tycoon with a difference". businessnews24bd.com.
  5. ↑ "Documentary by Fuji TV Inc. of Japan on billionaire business tycoon Prince Moosa". businessnews24bd.com.
  6. ↑ "Dark side of the Dubai dream". BBC News. 6 April 2009.
  7. ↑ Timmins, Nicholas (29 August 1994). "Labour rejects pounds 5m offer 'on principle'". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2011-07-21.

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