Abdus Salam
Chairman, Terranova Developments Limited.
Mr. Abdus Salam is one of the leading personalities in the field of electronic media. He was the Chairman & CEO of Ekushey Television Limited, the first terrestrial TV Channel in Bangladesh. Born in an aristocratic Muslim family on November 11, 1959, at 39, Gagonbabu Road, Khulna. His father M. A. Karim worked dedicatedly for the wellbeing of the local community. Mr. Salam went to Germany at the age of seventeen and started to live there permanently. Apart from B. Com in Business Administration, he also studied Business and Hotel Management. He is very native to speak both in English and German alike like Bengali, his mother language. After completion of his academic education in Germany, he started his export-import business of apparel products (garments industry). He was one of the ten leading buyers in Germany.
He established Square Sarah Fashion through his relentless efforts. Managers from world-famous American multinational corporation Kike used to come to visit the activities of Square Sarah Fashion. Mr. Salam earned the name and fame as a brilliant industrialist. This bright journey of his career endeavor has helped him to establish several other business organizations. As Mr. Salam is very patriotic and profoundly love the people of this country. He came back to his own land and involved himself in industries and financial sector of Bangladesh. He was elected as the director of few financial institutions including bank. He is one of the leading sponsor directors of One Bank and Union Capital Limited (a financial leasing company), News Today, UniDev Productions Limited, UniNet Limited. He is the Managing Director of SAS Holding Limited, Sarah Trading Company Limited, SAS Securities Limited, SAS Apparels Limited, Mr. Salam is also the Chairman of SAS Fashion Wear Limited, Semi Sam International Limited, Sarah Cotton Limited, Sarah Quality Print Limited. Finally, he established Terranova Developments Limited, Terra Nova Holdings Limited, and Barisal Power Company Limited, which are the sister concerns of Terranova Group. Alongside his business activities, Mr. Abdus Salam is playing a vital role in the socio-cultural arena. He is the founder of many educational institutions and welfare organizations such as M. A. Salam Nursing Club, Nagarpur, Tangail, Chowhali Degree College, Sirajgonj RRK High School, Chowhali, Sirajgonj, and M. A. Karim High School, Nagorpur, Tangail. As he contributed enormously in the field of social welfare and Electronic Media, Mr. Abdus Salam received many awards including Arthakantha Brilliant Industrialist Business Award-2002, Dhaka Kolkata Cultural Forum Award, Rafiqul Islam Banking Award-2006, Arthakantha Businessperson of the year-2004, Children and Women Vision Foundation reception Award-2007, Sher-e-Bangla Smriti Award-2008 and the best entrepreneur Award of Business Magazine-2008, BGMEA Award-2009 and Khulna Mayor Award-2010.