From a humble beginning in early 1980s with a small oil trading company, Azam J Chowdhury has become one of the most successful industrialists in Bangladesh. He is now the chairman of East Coast Group that has around 30 units and an asset size of $4 billion.

Two companies and two individuals were honoured yesterday for their extraordinary success and contribution to the economy at the 18th edition of the Bangladesh Business Awards, the annual event that honours the movers and shakers of the corporate world.

Two business persons and two companies are awarded at the 18th edition of the Bangladesh Business Awards at the capital’s Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden hotel.