Rajeeb Samdani
Rajeeb Samdani | |
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| Born | March 28, 1974 Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Spouse | Nadia Samdani |
Rajeeb Samdani (born in 28 March 1974) is a Bangladeshi industrialist. He is currently the Managing Director of Golden Harvest Group [1][2] and the founder and trustee of Samdani Art Foundation. His various business ventures include Information Technology, Commodities, Logistics, Food Processing, Agriculture, Aviation, Banking, Real Estate, etc. He is also the Secretary General of Bangladesh Human Rights Foundation[3] and Founder & Trustee of Alvina Samdani Trust & Taher Ahmed Choudhury Charitable Hospital (TACCH).[4] He is also the director of The City Bank Limited, which is one of the first private sector banks in Bangladesh.
Career
He started his career at the age of 23, as a commodity broker with the British steel trading company Stemcor. As the commodity business[5] grew and more diversified with the passing years, in the year 2010, Golden Harvest achieved a commodity sale of $ 1 billion.
Over the years Golden Harvest has expanded into many sectors and has over 2500 employees. In 2011, Golden Harvest has expanded business into Logistics Industry with its Japanese partner Nippon Express, the largest logistic company in Asia and the seventh largest logistic company in the world.
Personal life
He is married to Nadia Samdani,[6] a British born Bangladeshi. Nadia Samdani is the Managing Director of Samdani Art Foundation,[7] a non – profit Art infrastructure development organization [8]. The foundation is involved in promoting Bangladeshi arts to the international arena[9][10] The collector couple[11] is well known for their local and international art collection [12] [13], as well as their Bengal school and Tagore collection.[14][15]
External links
- Samdani first public event exhibition in Venice city The News Today 30 October 2011.
- Nation resents auction of Tagore paintings TARA TV 16 June 2010.
- India Art Fair opening night party The Times Of India 28 January 2012
- Golden Harvest Agro Industries Ltd pavilion at DITF The Daily Star 3 January 2012
References
- ^ New Year's resolutions.The Daily Star January 1, 2012
- ^ Golden Harvest takes up $33m expansion plan The News Today 15 November 2010.
- ^ Advocate Alena Khan and Rajeeb Samdani at BHRF Access to Justice Seminar
- ^ TACCH organises free health camp The Financial Express 26 February 2010.
- ^ Food imports look pricey The Daily Star 16 January 2011.
- ^ Epicures among art collectors of Bangladesh The News Today.
- ^ Samdani Book of Art: A glittering gold
- ^ The Samdanis are organising Bangladesh’s first ever art fair Financial Times January 27 2012
- ^ Samdani invited to Int’l Sculpture Exhibition in Italy The Daily Sun 18 August 2011.
- ^ Bangladeshi art collectors participating in Venice exhibition The Daily Star 19 August 2011.
- ^ Venetian Heritage as seen by Mary Hilliard New York Social Diary.
- ^ India Art Fair The Times of India 27 January 2012
- ^ India Art Fair Opens Strong With Major Western Galleries — But Local Art Still Sells Best Blouin Artinfo 4 February 2012
- ^ Samdani at Sotheby's tagore auction The telegraph India Wednesday 16 June 2010.
- ^ On the Tagore trail Business Standard India 24 December 2011.