Sohail F Rahman – The preeminent person behind BEXIMCO’s success story

There are very few corporations which attain such a level of success that it becomes the largest single contributor to the GDP of a country and even few businessmen with the skills necessary for guiding such a gigantic corporation. However, Sohail F Rahman is one person who has achieved such unparalleled success and is still going strong. 

SohailF Rahman is the Chairman and co founder of the Bangladeshi giant BEXIMCO Group, which is one company that needs no introduction. The giant conglomerate, which has assets over US $ 2 billion is one of the global players of the Bangladeshi business community. Moreover, the company holds many distinctions and felicitations on an international scale. It was the first corporation from Bangladesh to get a listing on London Stock Exchange. 

After a humble beginning as a trading firm in 1971, the company then went from strength to strength and over a period of time came to establish itself as a group of companies. The BEXIMCO Group of today is a highly differentiated amalgamation of units and operations which are hard to enumerate on all fingers. The many areas that the company functions include Garments and Textile industry, Ceramics, Mass media and journalism, Pharmaceuticals, Trading and Energy to name a few. Never before had a company achieved such success in so many diverse sectors in the business history of Bangladesh. 

This unprecedented success is a consequence of never tiring efforts and highly effective business practices embraced by Sohail F Rahman, a key person in the company. Sohail F Rahman and his unique outlook on innovation and emphasis on practical details of industrial functioning are largely responsible for the success of BEXIMCO Group. 

Sohail F Rahman was one of the first entrepreneurs to understand the practical importance of cost effective yet high quality manufacturing practices in the country. In fact, the costs incurred by many manufacturing units are among the lowest yet the quality is much better than other corporations. For instance the textiles and pharmaceutical of the company have the least cost of manufacturing yet the quality is of the highest standards. This is why BEXIMCO Group exports products to more countries than any other major Bangladeshi corporation.

A highly dedicated businessman but a true philanthropist at heart, Sohail F Rahman has always given equal importance to his duties as a Bangladeshi citizen. He sponsors many humanitarian projects such as Proyash and many institutions working for social upliftment receive his unflinching support and patronage. Sohail F Rahman is the perfect embodiment of a businessperson who has maintained a perfect balance between corporate successes yet remaining devoted to the success and welfare of the Bangladeshi people.