Salman F. Rahman is a Bangladeshi businessman and the vice chairman of Beximco Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh. In 1966, he and his brother Sohail started their business by running a jute mill that was left by their father, and later established the Bangladesh Export and Import Company in 1972 after the government nationalized their mill. Over the years, they expanded Beximco Group to include companies in pharmaceuticals, textiles, shipping and other sectors, making it one of the largest business groups in Bangladesh. Rahman also has interests in banking, media and politics.

2. If one needs proof that
some men are born
for greatness, no
cleaner example
exist than Salman F.
Rahman.

3.  Born : Bangladesh
 Residence : Dhaka,
Bangladesh
 Nationality : Bangladeshi
 Occupation : Vice chairman of Beximco
group
 Known for : Beximco group
 Considered as : One of the wealthiest
person in the Bangladesh

4.  In 1966 he along with his brother, Sohail,
Rahman started business by running a
jute mill, which was left behind by their
father.
 The government nationalized the mill in
1971, which forced them to look for other
opportunities.
 The brothers established Bangladesh
Export and Import Company (Beximco
Group) in 1972.

5.  They started exporting seafood and
crushed bones in Belgium, France,
Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands.
 At that time, foreign exchange control
by the Bangladesh government was
strict.
 They imported medicines with the
foreign currency earned from exporting
seafood and crushed bones.

6.  In 1976, Rahman brothers established
Beximco Pharma. Later on this company
was listed as the first Bangladeshi
company at the London's Alternative
Investment Exchange.
 Over the years Sohail F Rahman and
Salman F Rahman expanded their
business in other sectors and gradually
became one of the largest corporate
house of Bangladesh.

7.  Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd
 Bextex Ltd
 Beximco Apparels Ltd.
 Beximco Synthetics Ltd.
 Beximco Engineering Ltd.
 Bangladesh Online Ltd.
 Independent TV
 The Independent
 Beximco Fashions Ltd.

8.  GMG Airlines
 Shinepukur Ceramics Ltd.
 Beximco Marine Foods Division
 Real Estate & Trading Division
 Beximco Securities Ltd
 IFIC Bank.

9.  Salman F Rahman participated in the
student protest against President Ayub
Khan in the late 1960s.
 After a long gap, in 1996, he formed a
political party named 'Prosperous
Bangladeshi Movement'.
 He contested in the 2001 general
election but lost.

10.  In 1982, Salman F Rahman, along with his
brother Sahail F Rahman, partnered with
the Dubai-based Galadari Brothers
Group and established the Arab
Bangladesh Bank (AB Bank).
 In 1985, he sold stake to the remaining
partners.
 Soon after he and his brother bought a
30% stake in IFIC Bank. Currently Salman
Rahman is the chairman of this bank.

11.  Salman F Rahman is currently serving as
a director of the Bangladesh Securities
and Exchange Commission and Dhaka
Stock Exchange.
 He was the founder of Bangladesh
Enterprise Institute.

12. He also served as a president of
 Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
and Industry.
 Bangladesh Aushad Shilpa Samity.
 Bangladesh Textile Millies Association.
 SAARC Chamber of Commerce &
Industry.
 Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of
Commerce & Industry.