Moosa Bin Shamsher
Moosa Bin Shamsher | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 October 1945 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | Pacific Western University[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman and Managing Director, DATCO Group |
| Spouse | 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][better source needed]
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][better source needed]
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][better source needed]
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][failed verification]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dr Moosa Bin Shamsher:A great visionary pathfinder of BD". businessnews24bd.com. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Home". Datco. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ "Dr. Moosa Bin Shamsher: Business tycoon with a difference". businessnews24bd.com.
- ^ "Documentary by Fuji TV Inc. of Japan on billionaire business tycoon Prince Moosa". businessnews24bd.com.
- ^ "Dark side of the Dubai dream". BBC News. 6 April 2009.
- ^ Timmins, Nicholas (29 August 1994). "Labour rejects pounds 5m offer 'on principle'". The Independent. London. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
Further reading
- Fazl, Ahmed; Kennedy, Dominic (29 August 1994). "The man who offered the Labour Party Pounds 5m; Dr Moosa Bin-Shamsher". The Times. London.
- "Dr. Moosa Bin Shamsher: Famous Architect of Manpower Export". The New Nation. Dhaka. 14 August 2009 – via HighBeam Research.
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