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Profile of A Mannan Khan

 

Mr. A Mannan Khan, is one of the most renowned & successful entrepreneurs and Industrialists in Bangladesh since last three decades. He is an innovative, self-motivated and enterprising Bangladeshi business icon who has instrumented his success in the field of diversified business portfolios comprising telecom & technology, banking & financing, manufacturing, trades, education, construction & development, automobile manufacturing and renewable energy.

Philanthropist and prominent entrepreneur, Mr. A Mannan Khan was born in a humble Muslim family in Manikganj in the year of 1966. After completing higher education in Computer Science from Tinjian University, China with fulbright scholarship, he returned to Bangladesh with a vision to establish sustainable businesses, creation of employment and to keep role in economic development of Bangladesh.

Mr. Khan started his business career in telecom & technology in early nineties. He is the first person who realized that economic development only can be augmented with only right technology in place and mass people’s accessibility. He established his first company named Communication Solution Ltd which automated the many enterprises and introduced high end technology equipment. Later on, he formed the flagship company Mango Teleservices Ltd which is the first internet gateway operator in Bangladesh. Mango increases the internet penetration from 1% to 20% between 2008-2013 and inspired a number of entrepreneurs to follow the suit. With relentless effort of Mango, the internet price dropped by 400% and becomes affordable to mass people of Bangladesh. Mango first introduced cross border internet connectivity in Bangladesh. Government entrusted Mango and Mango is the first company in Bangladesh who hosts all government portals, contents and digital services. For building digital Bangladesh, Mango introduced first ever digital signature services and established state of art data center to host the local and international contents.

Following the success in telecom & technology, Bangladesh government awarded Mango with voice operation licenses in 2012. Two companies were formed named as Platinum Communication Ltd and Purple Telecom Ltd. These two companies connected Bangladesh with outer world and earned huge foreign currency for Bangladesh in legal channel.

As part of social responsibility, to provide premier international education and child-centered holistic education lives, Mr. Khan founded Playpen School at Bashundhara R/A which is one of the prestigious English medium school with 2,000 students at its own modern and wide campus.  The school is famous for its outstanding results and cultivating student’s confidence, resilience, and creative problem-solving skills that lead to greater independence and a lifelong love of learning. To provide quality education and inclusion of female in the mainstream, he established school and college at Manikganj.

Mr. Khan envisage for inclusion of every people of Bangladesh in banking services and became honorable shareholder and director of Modhumoti Bank Ltd.

The automotive industry is a major industrial and economic force worldwide. With this motto in mind and lessening the import, Mr. Mannan is establishing country’s first automobile industrial park at Banghabandhu Shiekh Mujub Shipa Nagar, Mirsarai Economic Zone, Chattogram on 100 acres of land. The industrial park is comprising of three companies named as Bangladesh Auto Industries Ltd to manufacture electric vehicles (Sedan, SUV, micro bus, bikes etc), Bangladesh Lithium Battery Ltd to manufacture lithium battery and Mango Technologies Ltd to manufacture motor-controller.

With an aim to make Bangladesh with self-sufficient sustainable energy, Mr. Mannan ventured into renewable energy under company name HKGE Consortium Ltd. The company is constructing solar power plants at Sunamganj, Netrokona, Mirsarai and other places of Bangladesh of approx 150MW.

Mr. Khan has been engaged in various philanthropic social welfare activities to uplift socio-economic conditions of various areas and promote the cause of humanity in society. He is the member of Dhaka Club, Bannai Club, Army Golf Club, Telecom Infrastructure of Bangladesh, Manikgonj Samity and Singaire Samity. Mr. Khan represents Bangladesh in number of international seminars and attended as key note speaker.

In his personal life Mr. A Mannan Khan is married and proud father of a son and a daughter.