Ahmed Dawood

Ahmed Dawood (15 March 1905 – 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 (renamed Dawood University of Engineering & Technology after being granted the status of a university in 2013).

Ahmed Dawood
احمد داؤد‎
Ahmed Dawood
Born(1905-03-15)15 March 1905
Bantva, Bantva Manavadar, British India
Died2 January 2002(2002-01-02) (aged 96)
Karachi, Pakistan
Resting placeMewa Shah Graveyard
24.358°N 67.038°E / 24.358; 67.038
Nationality
Years active1920–2002
Known forPatriarch of the Dawood Group
leading Pakistani Businessman in the 1950-60s
Founder of The Dawood Foundation (TDF)
TitleChairman
Term1947–2002
SuccessorHussain Dawood
Spouses
Aysha
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(m. 1923; died 1933)​
    Mariam Bai
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    (m. 1940)​
    Children5, including Hussain
    RelativesAbdul Razak Dawood (nephew)
    Awards
    • Hilal-e-Khidmat (1962)
    • Baba-e-Ittehad (1986)
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