Abdul Monem was a Bangladeshi industrialist and entrepreneur. He was given the title of Commercially Important Person by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to business. He was the founding chairperson and Managing Director of

Abdul Monem Limited Abdul Monem Limited (AML) is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include beverages, sugar refinery, consumer products, real estate, construction materials etc. AML was established by ...

. The group owns Igloo ice cream and is the official bottler of Coca-Cola in Bangladesh.

Early life

Monem was born on 5 January 1937 in

Brahmanbaria Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, Brāhmaṇabāṛiẏā) is a city of Bangladesh and the capital of Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila as well as Brahmanbaria District. It is the second largest city after Cumilla ...

District. He studied civil engineering.

Career

In 1956, Monem founded

. He started the company with a capital of 20 thousand taka. Monem served as the Director of

NCC Bank NCC Bank Limited or National Credit and Commerce Bank Limited is a Bangladeshi private commercial bank. Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid is the present Managing Director and CEO of the bank. History NCC Bank was founded in 1985 as an investment company ...

, National Life Insurance Company Limited, and Progati Insurance Limited. He bought out K Rahman and Company in 1982. He then started working as an official bottler of Coca-Cola Bangladesh. From 1984 to 1995, he served as the chairperson of the Mohammedan Sporting Club. In 2014, Monem was awarded the Presidential Medal for his contribution to the industrial development of Bangladesh. In 2015, Monem founded 216 acre Abdul Monem Economic Zone, one of the first private economic zones in Bangladesh, in

Manikganj District Manikganj ( bn, মানিকগঞ্জ ) is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division, In 1845 AD it was at first declared as a sub-division. It was at first, under Faridpur district (Faridpur Zila) then it was in ...

. Monem was awarded the Lifetime achievement award in the Twelve Presents Rise Above All of 2019.

Personal life

Monem was married. He had two sons and three daughters. His sons, ASM Mainuddin Monem, and ASM Mohiuddin Monem, are the Deputy Managing Directors of Abdul Monem Limited. His daughter Dr. Farhana Monem, chairperson of GME Group has got Best ''Women'' Tax Payer Award by Bangladesh government for five consecutive years.

Death

Monem was admitted to

Square Hospital Square Hospital is a private hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of three high-end private hospital in Bangladesh, the other being Apollo Hospital Dhaka and United Hospital, Dhaka. Tapan Chowdhury is the managing director of the hospital. ...

on 17 May 2020. He died on 31 May 2020 at the

Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (Dhaka) or CMH is a hospital located in Dhaka Cantonment. It is part of the Combined Military Hospital chain situated in all cantonments of Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangl ...

, where he was transferred to, from a stroke. He was buried in his family graveyard in

Brahmanbaria District Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, translit=Brahmôṇbaṛiya) is a district in eastern Bangladesh located in the Chittagong Division. Geographically, it is mostly farmland and is topographically part of the Ga ...

References

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