Legends

SETH AHMAD DAWOOD: A VISIONARY LEADER

January 16, 2023 admin0 comment

Seth Ahmad Dawood, one of the pioneering industrialists of Pakistan. He led a long eventful life and saw many ups and downs in his business. Yusuf Shirazi, a well-known entrepreneur with business interest in diverse fields, called Mr. Ahmad Dawood “a visionary rather than a business manager.” He recalled Mr. Ahmad Dawood telling him that his job was “to conceive and set up the project.” The running and management of the projects was the job that was left to his brothers and his sons. “He had the knack of conceiving…

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3 of billionaire Jeff Bezos’ secrets to success

January 10, 2023January 16, 2023 admin0 comment

In July 1994, Jeff Bezos filed the paperwork to launch a company he called Cadabra, Inc., a shortened version of the famous magician’s expression, “abracadabra,” according to the Seattle Times. That name didn’t last long, though, because Bezos’ first lawyer, Todd Tarbert, informed Bezos that over the phone, “Cadabra” was often misheard as “Cadaver,” Brad Stone writes in “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon.” A second option Bezos considered was Relentless. The Relentless.com URL still takes you to Amazon today. But Bezos’ friends told him the name sounded “a…

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“Value People Over Money” Hussain Dawood

January 9, 2023January 16, 2023 admin0 comment

What you DO have is your legacy. That is what you work towards in your life – always. Mr. Hussain Dawood, Chairman of Dawood Group & Engro Chemicals is a renowned thinker, benevolent humanitarian dedicated educationist and a man of honor. He has a different erspective of success and leadership altogether. In his views “a leader is someone who gives to the society. Those who take from society are not leaders but bleeders. These are the people who are only interested in filling their pockets and wear their egos on their sleeves…

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S.M. Munir From bankruptcy to flourishing business

January 8, 2023January 27, 2023 admin0 comment

S.M. Muneer Sahib built his multi-billion-rupee business from scratch, slowly but steadily. The rise of his Din Group of Companies as one of the major business groups in the country is the story of almost 50 years of hard work and perseverance. A year after 18-year-old Muneer had joined his father S.M. Din’s firm — Din Leather, which had by then emerged as one of the largest exporters of raw leather in a short span of 10 years — the company went bankrupt, and the family had to face a…