Latifur Rahman (businessman)

For other people with the same name, see Latifur Rahman (disambiguation).
Latifur Rahman
লতিফুর রহমান
Rahman in 2017
Born(1945-08-28)28 August 1945
Jalpaiguri, Bengal, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Died1 July 2020(2020-07-01) (aged 74)
Comilla, Chittagong, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Industrialist, chairman of Transcom Group
SpouseShahnaz Rahman
AwardsOslo Business for Peace Award (2012)

Latifur Rahman (28 August 1945 – 1 July 2020)[1] was a Bangladeshi business magnate and media mogul. He served as the founding chairman and CEO of Transcom Group[2] which deals with beverages, electrical and electronics products, pharmaceuticals, fast food, snacks and breakfast cereals, print media, FM radio and tea plantations mostly as the comprador of international brands like Pizza Hut, KFC, Pepsi and Philips.[3] He was the founding director of Mediaworld and Chairman of Mediastar, which owned The Daily Star and Prothom Alo newspapers, respectively. Both are the nation's leading English and Bangla newspapers.[4]

Latifur Rahman received the Oslo Business for Peace Award 2012 in 2012 for business ethics and social responsibility.[5]

  1. ^ "Transcom Chairman Latifur Rahman passes away". Dhaka Tribune. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  2. ^ "Latifur Rahman". Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Group of Company Page 4 : Business & Commerce :: bgdportal.com". www.bgdportal.com. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
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  5. ^ "2012 Honourees". Business for Peace Foundation. Retrieved 2019-08-05.