Ahmed Dawood

Ahmed Dawood
احمد داؤد
Ahmed Dawood
Born(1905-03-15)15 March 1905
Bantva, Bantva Manavadar, British India
Died2 January 2002(2002-01-02) (aged 96)
Karachi, Pakistan
Resting placeMewa Shah Graveyard
24°21′29″N 67°02′17″E / 24.358°N 67.038°E / 24.358; 67.038
Nationality
Years active1920–2002
Known forPatriarch of the Dawood Group
leading Pakistani Businessman in the 1950-60s
Founder of The Dawood Foundation (TDF)
TitleChairman
Term1947–2002
SuccessorHussain Dawood
Spouses
Aysha
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(m. 1923; died 1933)​
Mariam Bai
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(m. 1940)​
Children5, including Hussain
RelativesAbdul Razak Dawood (nephew)
Awards
  • Hilal-e-Khidmat (1962)
  • Baba-e-Ittehad (1986)

Ahmed Dawood (15 March 1905 – 2 January 2002) was a Pakistani industrialist and a philanthropist.[1] Dawood founded several companies and The Dawood Foundation (TDF), which established the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (renamed Dawood University of Engineering & Technology after being granted the status of a university in 2013).[2][3]

  1. ^ Cragg, Claudia (1996). The new maharajahs : the commercial princes of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. London: Century. p. 68. ISBN 9780712677615. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ "About DUET". Dawood University of Engineering & Technology Karachi. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ Zardari, Shehnila (28 March 2021). "Celebrations and Questions: 100 Years of Engineering Education in Sindh". Dawn. Retrieved 11 September 2021.