Shahzada Dawood biography: 13 things about businessman, citizen of Pakistan, UK, Malta

Shahzada Dawood was a Pakistani billionaire, businessman, investor and philanthropist. Born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, he is the second child of Hussain Dawood and Kulsum Dawood and was a citizen of Pakista, Malta and the United Kingdom.

Hussain and Kulsum have three more children namely Azmeh Dawood, Sabrinda Dawood and Samad Dawood.

Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Hussain is Ahmed Dawood and Mariam Dawood‘s son. Ahmed was a prominent Memon industrialist who founded Dawood Hercules Corporation on April 17, 1968.

When Shahzada was young in Pakistan, he and his siblings loved watching “A Night to Remember”, a historical disaster docudrama film released on July 3, 1958. As an adult, he enjoyed going to see museum exhibitions featuring artifacts recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic, a passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912.

Shahzada’s wife Christine Dawood is a psychologist and a life coach. They have two children together.

A photography enthusiast, Shahzada was passionate about wildlife photography and interested in exploring different natural habitats and investigating renewable energies. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He became the director of Dawood Lawrencepur Limited in May 1995 and Dawood Hercules Corporation in May 1996. From 1996 to 2023, he was a trustee of The Dawood Foundation.
2. In 1998, he graduated fro the University of Buckingham in Buckingham, England, U.K. with a law degree.
3. In 2000, he graduated from Philadelphia University in Amman, Jordan with a master’s degree in textile marketing.
4. In April 2003, he became the Engro Corp director.
5. Christine gave birth to their son Suleman Dawood in 2004 and to their daughter Alina Dawood in 2006.
6. From September 2012 to March 2018, he was The Hub Power Company Limited (HUBCO) director.
7. In 2016, he became a citizen of Malta.
8. From April 2018 to October 2021, he was the Dawood Hercules Corporation vice chairman.
9. In November 2019, he joined Engro Foundation as the director.
10. In March 2020, he joined EmpiricAl as the director. In December 2020, he joined the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute as a trustee.
11. In October 2021, he became the Engro Corp vice chairman.
12. On January 2, 2022, his grandfather Ahmed died in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan at age 96.
13. On June 18, 2023, he and his son Suleman died with Stockton Rush, Paul-Henri Nargeolet and Hamish Harding inside the OceanGate submersible Titan that imploded in the North Atlantic Ocean while en route to view the wreck of the Titanic. He was 48.