A. S. Mahmud

Abu Sayeed Mahmud (10 July 1933 – 22 January 2004) was a Bangladeshi businessman and founder of Ekushey Television. He was forced to leave Bangladesh after the closure of his channel by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Early life Abu Sayeed Mahmud was born on 10 July 1933 in Sylhet in the then Assam Province, British India (now in Bangladesh). One of his maternal uncles was the litterateur Syed Mujtaba Ali. He completed his bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Dhaka in 1954. In 1991, he was appointed a director of Mediaworld Limited and publisher of The Daily Star after the death of S. M. Ali in 1993.

Mahmud founded Reliance Insurance Limited. He was a director of the Infrastructure Development Company. as a privately owned nationwide terrestrial television network, the first of its kind in Bangladesh and the region of South Asia. Mahmud subsequently left Bangladesh for England with his family.

Death Mahmud was in a coma for several days following a stroke on 6 November 2003. He died on 22 January 2004 in London, England.