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 (Hawaii)[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.

Business

Moosa founded DATCO.[2]

Media

DATCO group

Formed in 1975, 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.[3]

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.[4]

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. ↑ "Home". Datco. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  3. ↑ "Dark side of the Dubai dream". BBC News. 6 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Timmins, Nicholas (29 August 1994). "Labour rejects pounds 5m offer 'on principle'". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2011-07-21.

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. (Subscription required (help)).
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