Hussain Dawood (born 20 September 1943) is a Pakistani businessman, investor, educationalist and philanthropist. Dawood is the Chairman of two publicly listed companies in Pakistan: the
Dawood Hercules Corporation
Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited ( Urdu1, داؤد ہرکولیس کارپوریشن, DH Corp.) is a publicly listed investment and holding company headquarterd in Karachi, Pakistan. It operates two subsidiaries, Engro Corporation and Empi ...
and
Engro Corporation
Engro Corporation (Engro), ( ur, ) is a conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in Karachi.
Founded as a fertilizer business in 1965, it is one of the largest companies in the country that employs over 2,600 individuals across the ...
.
Dawood is the Chairman of the Dawood Foundation (TDF) which focuses on creating collective change by building interactive spaces for formal and informal learning through projects such as the
Dawood Public School
Dawood Public School (DPS) is a trust owned institution that offers education to over 2500 girls in Karachi, Pakistan.
DPS is affiliated with Cambridge University and offers a highly developed and holistic educational programme for girls from ...
Bombay
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,
British India
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(now
Mumbai
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) into a
Memon Memon may refer to:
Ethnic group and language
* Memon people, an ethnic group originating in the ancient Sindh (modern day Pakistan)
* Memoni language, the language of Memon people historically associated with Kathiawar, Gujarat, India
People wit ...
family. His father Seth
Ahmed Dawood
Seth Ahmed Dawood (15 March 1899 – 2 January 2002) was a Pakistani industrialist and a philanthropist. Dawood founded several companies and The Dawood Foundation (TDF), which established the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (renam ...
, a noted businessman, moved 1947 with the family to Karachi.
Dawood visited a school in
Yorkshire
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. He studied
Metallurgy
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Metallurgy encompasses both the sc ...
at the
Sheffield University
, mottoeng = To discover the causes of things
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from where he graduated in 1966. He went on to study at the
Kellogg School of Management
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,
Northwestern University
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Charte ...
Hussain Dawood joined after his studies the family business in Pakistan as Group Finance Director. He became in 1973 Managing Director of Dawood Lawrencepur, a public limited company specialising in textiles. In 1974, he joined the board of the family-run business, conducted significant merger and acquisition activities. In 1981, Dawood became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dawood Hercules Chemicals Limited (the predecessor of Dawood Hercules Corporation).
In the late 1990s, he spearheaded the expansion of the company, including the acquisition of Engro Corporation. Following the death of his father he took over as Chairman of the Board of Dawood Hercules Corporation. In 2006, Dawood became Chairman of the Board of Engro Corporation, which specialises in a variety of industries, including fertilisers, polymers, food and energy. Other notable positions Hussain Dawood has held:
* Chairman of The Hub Power Company, HubCo (until 2018).
* Chairman of Central Insurance (renamed to Cyan Limited)
* Chairman of
Inbox Business Technologies
Inbox Business Technologies Limited ( Urdu1, ان باکس بزنس ٹیکنالوجیز لمیٹڈ, ''Inbox'') is a public unlisted information technology (IT) company headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan.
Inbox has regional offices in Lahore, ...
* Director of
Pakistan Business Council
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Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre ( ur, , abbreviated as SKMCH&RC/SKMCH) is a cancer centre with locations in Lahore and Peshawar, Pakistan. It is the first project of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, a charitabl ...
.
Dawood has expanded the business interests of his companies and is considered a business pioneer. His experience consists of managing, supervising and controlling family businesses and chairing listed companies. This has involved a number of joint ventures over the years with European, US, Japanese and Chinese parties, such as:
*
Royal Vopak
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,
* Royal
FrieslandCampina
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,
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Mitsubishi Corporation
is Japan's largest trading company (sogo shosha) and a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. As of 2022, Mitsubishi Corporation employs over 80,000 people and has ten business segments, including finance, banking, energy, machinery, chemicals, an ...
and
*
China Machinery Engineering Corporation
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Philanthropy
Dawood is a philanthropist and has significantly donated to formal education, healthcare, and disaster relief in Pakistan. The Dawood Foundation is a private charitable trust formed in 1960. Hussain Dawood assumed the chairmanship of it in 2000. It operates various schools, other informal education project, and supports the Engro Foundation.
He is the founding donor of the Mariam Dawood School of Visual Arts & Design at the
Beaconhouse National University
Beaconhouse National University (BNU) is a private liberal arts university located in Lahore, in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
. The Dawood Foundation has assisted those affected by the
tsunami of 2004
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2010 floods
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Dawood is the Founder & Chairman of the Karachi School of Business & Leadership (KSBL), a graduate management school, focusing on development of effective leaders.
During the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Pakistan, he pledged on behalf of the Corporations and his family in April 2020 a remarkable contribution in services, kind, and cash.
Italy
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) (2 June 2008).
* Lifetime Achievement Award by the ''Marketing Association of Pakistan'' (2016).
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Hilal-i-Imtiaz
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, Pakistan's third highest civilian award and honour (2018).