Adamjee Group

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Adamjee Group
Industry Conglomerate
Founded1896
FounderHaji Dawood
Headquarters
Karachi
,
Pakistan
Website Adamjee Group

Adamjee Group of Companies is a conglomerate company based primarily in Karachi, Pakistan. The group was headed by Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood.

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As of 2007, it is unofficially estimated that the owners of Adamjee Group are among the top 40 wealthiest families in Pakistan. [1]

History

The company was founded by Haji Dawood in 1896. [2]

The company has had to change fortunes over the past 50 years, initially originating as a jute and banking conglomerate, later spreading to other industries such as tea, textiles, matches, sugar, paper board, chemicals, engineering and insurance. [3]

Subsidiaries

Enterprises under the umbrella of the group are:

Former enterprises which were based in East Pakistan are: [20] [21]

Other former enterprises:

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