About AbrarAraf
Message from MD/CEO
A personal note from the desk of our Managing Director and CEO.
Md. CEO
CEO and MD
AAbrar Araf Group
"Trust is the only asset that compounds faster than capital. Dev"
When we started AbrarAraf in 1998, we had one trading desk and a handful of people who believed that doing business properly was not optional — it was the entire point. Nearly three decades later, that belief has not changed, even as the group has grown into five sectors and eleven brands.
Every business we have entered, from textile manufacturing to enterprise software, has been built on the same foundation: hire people smarter than the room expects, give them real governance to work within, and measure success over years rather than quarters. It is a slower way to grow. It is also, in our experience, the only way to grow that lasts.
Today AbrarAraf employs more than 3,200 people. I think about that number often — not as a statistic, but as 3,200 households that depend on this group making good decisions. That responsibility shapes how we evaluate every new market, every new hire, and every new product.
As we look toward the next decade, our priority remains the same as it was on day one: build businesses that are still standing, still trusted, and still improving — long after the trends that inspired them have faded.
Md. Abrar Hossain