Ahmed Dawood
Ahmed Dawood احمد داؤد  | |
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Ahmed Dawood  | |
| Born | 15 March 1905 | 
| Died | 2 January 2002 (aged 96) Karachi, Pakistan  | 
| Resting place | Mewa Shah Graveyard 24°21′29″N 67°02′17″E / 24.358°N 67.038°E  | 
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| Years active | 1920–2002 | 
| Known for | Patriarch of the Dawood Group leading Pakistani Businessman in the 1950-60s Founder of The Dawood Foundation (TDF)  | 
| Title | Chairman | 
| Term | 1947–2002 | 
| Successor | Hussain Dawood | 
| Spouses | Aysha 
      (m. 1923; died 1933)Mariam Bai   (m. 1940) | 
| Children | 5, including Hussain | 
| Relatives | Abdul Razak Dawood (nephew) | 
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Ahmed Dawood (15 March 1905 – 2 January 2002) was a Pakistani industrialist and philanthropist. Dawood founded several companies and The Dawood Foundation (TDF), which established the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (renamed Dawood University of Engineering & Technology after being granted the status of a university in 2013).