Fazle Hasan Abed
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Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG |
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Fazle Hasan Abed receiving the Thomas Francis Jr Medal in Global Public Health award from the University of Michigan (April 2016)
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| Native name | ফজলে হাসান আবেদ |
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27 April 1936 Baniachong, Bengal Presidency, British Raj (now Habiganj, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh) |
| Residence | Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | Naval Architecture |
| Alma mater |
Dhaka College University of Glasgow |
| Occupation | Social worker |
| Known for | Founder and chairman of BRAC |
| Parent(s) | Siddiq Hasan (father) Syeda Sufya Khatun (mother) |
| Awards | World Food Prize (2015) |
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG (Bengali: ফজলে হাসান আবেদ; born 27 April 1936) is a Bangladeshi social worker, the founder and chairman of BRAC, the world's largest non-governmental organization with over 120,000 employees. For his contributions to social improvement, he has received the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the UNDP Mahbub Ul Haq Award, the inaugural Clinton Global Citizen Award and the inaugural WISE Prize for Education. In 2015, he received World Food Prize for his “unparalleled” work on reducing poverty in Bangladesh and 10 other countries.
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and globally. In 2017, Abed was ranked 37 in the list of The World's 50 Greatest Leaders prepared by Fortune. In his recent interview for the Creating Emerging Markets project at the Harvard Business School, Abed reveals his strong belief that businesses can positively impact society, that "you can do good also by doing business."
Abed was born into the esteemed Hasan family in Baniachong, British India (now Habiganj, Sylhet, Bangladesh). He passed the matriculation exam from Pabna Zilla School and went on to complete his higher secondary education from Dhaka College.
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