Premier University Chittagong

Presentation Topic-
A Successful Entrepreneur
Presented For-
Ms. Sadia Akhter
Assistant Professor & Chairman, Dep. of Marketing, PUC.

Presented By:-
Name- Anup Chowdhury
ID- 17-036-1010-9458
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 Who is an entrepreneur?

 What is the meaning of successful entrepreneur?

 A successful entrepreneur of Bangladesh.

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Who is an entrepreneur?

An entrepreneur is an initiator, a challenger and a driver. The

entrepreneur is the person in charge, the leader and the
person to look to for leadership.
The entrepreneur is the ultimate responsible for the destiny of
its project, which can be a company, a project.
What is the meaning of successful entrepreneur?

Being a successful entrepreneur means more than starting new

project every other day. It means the right attitude towards a
business and the determination and grit to achieve success. A
successful entrepreneur has a strong inner drive that helps him
or her to succeed.
Life history of- SAMSON H CHOWDHURY
 Eldest son of Eakub Hussain Chowdhury and Latika Chowdhury, Samson H Chowdhury,
was born at Aruakandi in Gopalganj on 25 September 1925.
 He started his schooling in a mission school in Chandpur
 In 1933 He got admitted to Victoria Mission School in Mymensingh in class IV.
 He Joined Royal Indian Navy without informing his parents in 1943. In 1946 he joined a
Naval mutiny against British Colonial rulers, and eventually got arrested.
 Samson spent five days in jail and the he sent to a concentration camp for a month but he
was later released and also given a clean certificate of discharge with a recommendation for
a government job in any administrative position.
 He started his formal professional career by joining postal department as a government
employee in 1947. That’s how his professional career started.
 He got married with a 15-year-old-girl, Anita Biswas on 6 Aug 1947. Samson was 22 then.
 Samson left his post office job and returned home in 1952.
 After four years, in 1956 Samson borrowed money from his father and opened a small
pharmaceutical company named ‘Esons’ in Ataikula, Pabna. ‘Esons’ referred to Eakub and
sons
Life history of- SAMSON H CHOWDHURY
 As an attempt to expand the business, in 1958 he formed a partnership with three other
friends and launched Square pharmaceutical company.
 In 1964 Square was turned into a private limited company with an authorized capital of Rs
500,000 and a paid up capital of Rs 400,000.
 In 1998 Samson was named “Business Executive of the Year” by American Chamber in
Bangladesh. He was also named “Best Entrepreneur of the Country for the year 2000–
2001″ by the Daily Star and DHL Worldwide Express.
 In an interview, Chowdhury had said that they had chosen the name Square because it was
“started by four friends and also because it signifies accuracy and perfection, meaning
quality”.
 He performed the responsibility of the chairman of Transparency International’s
Bangladesh chapter from 2004-2007 and of Shahbazpur Tea Estate and Mutual Trust Bank.
 In 2011 Maasranga, first HD TV channel in Bangladesh, went on air.
 5 January 2012 Samson H Chowdhury died at the age of 86 at a hospital in Singapore.
Conclusion-

A successful entrepreneur always has a strong sense of self confidence and a

healthy opinion of their skills and abilities. Their personality is assertive and
strong. They are always focused and do not really dilly dally with the issues
at hand. This is what makes them different from the rest.