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at the age of 19 after borrowing money from his mother. Over the decades, he ventured into trading and manufacturing businesses including real estate, shipping, chemicals and tobacco. In 1967, while
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In addition to tobacco over the decades, Mia started and invested in over 40 types of businesses including real estate, shipping, chemicals, food manufacturing and other sectors with a current focus on tobacco. He owned minority stakes in 16 cargo vessels operating in
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In 1950, 19-year-old Mia borrowed money from his mother to open a stationery supplies shop in
Chandpur. Over the next decade, he expanded to own five more shops selling items like stationery, cosmetics and general merchandise. He became a licensed agent for cigarette, biscuit and soap brands. By the
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In the 1970s, after separating from his brother's businesses, Mia relocated to
Narayanganj city. He entered the tobacco sector, stockpiling tobacco leaves during a 1978 national shortage which he then sold for sizeable profits. The same year, Mia established Kaus Tobacco Industries and began
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Kaus Mia was born in 1931 in
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426:"Celebrated taxpayer Haji Md Kaus Mia passes away"
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