A visionary who blazed trails for many
MA Hashem
MA Hashem, a business tycoon, started as a humble tobacco trader in the early 1960s before becoming one of the leading entrepreneurs and industrialists in Bangladesh.
After Bangladesh s independence in 1971, Hashem realised that the war-torn nation was struggling to supply its people with essential commodities at affordable prices.
He started importing steel, cement, sugar, rice, spices, wheat, salt, milk and numerous other essential commodities after establishing MS Hashem Corporation in Chattogram.
But in order to make the country self-reliant, Hashem decided that these imports would have to be substituted with locally manufactured products. And so, he continued to expand his efforts, and this led to the birth of Partex Group.