A Case Study on the Visionary Business Leader Mr. Samson H Chowdhury
Contents
1. Early Life
a) Education & Jobs
2. Business Career
• Before 1971
Starting a small Pharmacy
Formation of Square Pharmaceuticals
• After 1971
Moving to Dhaka
Rise to Prominence (1972-1987)
Other ventures
Current position
3. Philanthropic work
During & after the Liberation War
4. Personal Life
5. Positions
6. Recognitions
7. Legacy
8. In the eyes of youth
9. Conclusion
10. References
Samson H Chowdhury
(1926-2012)
“He was a man of works, a silent walker, a man for devotion upon his works. We lost a great man , a successful man in every sense.”
Early Life
Samson H Chowdhury was born on February 25, 1926 in Hemayetpur, Pabna. He was the eldest child of Eakub H Chowdhry & Latika Chowdhury . His father was a medical officer while his mother was a homemaker. He had five brothers & a sister as his siblings. According to Dennis Dilip Datta, a retired development and church activist, Samson Chowdhury served the British Navy during the Second World War.
The ancestral house of the late Square Group Chairman Samson H Chowdhury in Ataikula, Pabna.
Education & Jobs:
Samson H Chowdhury completed his schooling from Kolkata Bishnupur High School from 1930 to 1940. He earned his Senior Cambridge Degree from there. At the age of 17 he went to Mumbai of India and joined the Naval Recruiting Agency. After finishing training he joined the academy as an employee and later served the British Navy during the Second World War. After leaving that job in 1946, he returned to what was then East Pakistan and completed a management training course jointly sponsored & conducted by University of Dhaka and Harvard University. After completing his education he returned to Pabna and joined the Postal Service in 1947. When Samson H Chowdhury was a teenager (L) & a young man (R)
Business Career
• Before 1971
Starting a small Pharmacy:
Samson H Chowdhury said in an interview, “It was my intention to become a businessman since my childhood.” To fulfill his
1. Early Life
a) Education & Jobs
2. Business Career
• Before 1971
Starting a small Pharmacy
Formation of Square Pharmaceuticals
• After 1971
Moving to Dhaka
Rise to Prominence (1972-1987)
Other ventures
Current position
3. Philanthropic work
During & after the Liberation War
4. Personal Life
5. Positions
6. Recognitions
7. Legacy
8. In the eyes of youth
9. Conclusion
10. References
Samson H Chowdhury
(1926-2012)
“He was a man of works, a silent walker, a man for devotion upon his works. We lost a great man , a successful man in every sense.”
Early Life
Samson H Chowdhury was born on February 25, 1926 in Hemayetpur, Pabna. He was the eldest child of Eakub H Chowdhry & Latika Chowdhury . His father was a medical officer while his mother was a homemaker. He had five brothers & a sister as his siblings. According to Dennis Dilip Datta, a retired development and church activist, Samson Chowdhury served the British Navy during the Second World War.
The ancestral house of the late Square Group Chairman Samson H Chowdhury in Ataikula, Pabna.
Education & Jobs:
Samson H Chowdhury completed his schooling from Kolkata Bishnupur High School from 1930 to 1940. He earned his Senior Cambridge Degree from there. At the age of 17 he went to Mumbai of India and joined the Naval Recruiting Agency. After finishing training he joined the academy as an employee and later served the British Navy during the Second World War. After leaving that job in 1946, he returned to what was then East Pakistan and completed a management training course jointly sponsored & conducted by University of Dhaka and Harvard University. After completing his education he returned to Pabna and joined the Postal Service in 1947. When Samson H Chowdhury was a teenager (L) & a young man (R)
Business Career
• Before 1971
Starting a small Pharmacy:
Samson H Chowdhury said in an interview, “It was my intention to become a businessman since my childhood.” To fulfill his
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