Abdul Wahid Adamjee

Abdul Wahid Adamjee (1908 – 4 July 1972) was a Pakistani industrialist.

Early life Adamjee was born in 1908, in Rangoon, Burma Province, British India. He completed his education in Burma. He was the eldest son of Adamjee Haji Dawood, the founder of Adamjee Group. He expanded the Adamjee Group and played an important role in the industrialization of Pakistan. He founded the Adamjee Jute Mills in Dacca, East Pakistan which was the largest jute mill in the world. He established Adamjee Tea Gardens in East Pakistan, then the largest tea fields in the world. In 1958, he was awarded the Hilal-e-Pakistan by the Government of Pakistan. He served as the chairman of Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation. The Adamjee group was estimated to be worth more than 60 million dollar in 1971, more than half of which was lost when Bangladesh became an independent country.

Death Adamjee died on 4 July 1972, aged 64, in Karachi, Pakistan.