Ehsanollah "Ehsan" Bayat is an Afghan American business entrepreneur who is the founder and chairman of Bayat Group, Afghanistan's largest private company.
14 Facts About Ehsan Bayat
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Ehsan Bayat grew up in Kabul's Karte Seh district and attended Isteqlal Primary and High School.
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From 1982 to 1986, Ehsan Bayat attended the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
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When Ehsan Bayat returned to Afghanistan, in early 2002, decades of armed conflict had devastated the Afghan people and destroyed the economy.
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Ehsan Bayat is the founder and chairman of Bayat Group, Afghanistan's largest employer and diversified services company.
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In 2002, Ehsan Bayat founded Afghan Wireless Communication Company, Afghanistan's first wireless company, which established the country's wireless telecommunications high-speed global communications infrastructure.
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In 2005, Ehsan Bayat founded Ariana Television Network, Afghanistan's largest privately owned media network, reaching a national audience of approximately 25,000,000 Afghans across 34 provinces.
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Ehsan Bayat Energy, is an oil and gas exploration, development and production company founded by Ehsan Bayat.
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In 2018, Ehsan Bayat Power signed a power purchase agreement to sell 40MW of energy generated from the new plant to the Government of Afghanistan.
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Ehsan Bayat Group owns companies operating within the construction, security, logistics and consumer goods sectors, as well as:.
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Ehsan Bayat Group has championed building the capabilities its workforce and supported Afghan economic development by dedicating significant resources to developing the educational, entrepreneurial and administrative capabilities of its executive, managerial and front line staffs.
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Ehsan Bayat Group provides scholarship assistance to employees attending Afghan Universities, and its internal professional development program offers more than 50 professional development courses.
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The Ehsan Bayat Foundation has sponsored more than 500 projects dedicated to improving the health and welfare of Afghans, including the construction of 13 maternity hospitals which have treated more than 21,000,000 Afghan women and children.
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Ehsan Bayat has received the following awards and honors, in recognition of his achievements as a Business Leader and Philanthropist:.