Partex Group


The industries under this conglomerate include foods and beverages, steel, real estate, furniture, agribusiness, plastics, etc. Partex Group is the largest family-run conglomerate in Bangladesh, consisting of over 70 factories.

History

It started in 1962, by industrialist MA Hashem with tobacco trading. Now it owns over 70 subsidiaries from tobacco to consumer goods, furniture, textile and the IT sector. It has split into two groups to improve management of its subsidiaries - Partex Holdings and Partex Star Group.
Partex's companies are market leaders in nearly all sectors, including food and beverages, plastics, fabrics, cotton, sugar, paper, jute, shipping, furniture, agribusiness, oil, cables, aviation, PVC, telecommunication, logistics, fisheries, education, services, IT, denim fabric industry and many more. The towering heights reached by the group has been possible due to M. A. Hashem's missionary zeal and unflinching commitment to quality and ethics.
Guided by his visionary's dream, backed by an inexhaustible repository of efforts, Partex Group has grown into one of the most influential conglomerates in Bangladesh today.
M. A. Hashem is also one of the pioneers of the birth and growth of private banks and insurance companies in Bangladesh. He founded two of the largest private banks in Bangladesh – The City Bank and United Commercial Bank Limited.
M.A. Hashem received several accolades and recognition from several organizations in Bangladesh for his service as a positive catalyst to the Bangladesh economy and a mass employer.
Having come from a modest background himself, M.A Hashem is also a philanthropist. He has multiple schools and hospitals under his name, all of which are non-profit organizations.

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