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Shahzada Dawood and his son have been the top trending topic on Twitter since the tourists in the Titan submersible got lost.
As per the new update, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleiman have already assumed dead as U.S. Coast Guard officials had estimated the five passengers could run out of air just before 7:10 a.m. ET on Thursday.
Moreover, debris was found off the bow of the sunken Titanic. A Pakistani businessman was one of the tourists. Others included British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, and Stockton Rush, founder, and CEO of OceanGate Expeditions.
Who was Shahzada Dawood?
48-year-old Shahzada Dawood was one of the wealthiest men in Pakistan and the Vice Chairman of Engro Corporation Limited. He is also the Vice Chairman of Dawood Hercules Corporation.
Education
He holds M.Sc. in Global Texting Marketing from Philadelphia University, USA, and an LLB from Buckingham University.
Dawood family
The Dawood family is among the most prosperous in Pakistan. Born in Pakistan, Shahzada Dawood moved to the UK to study law.
Tycoon
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Shahzada Dawood has over 2 decades of experience in corporate governance and transformation of industries, including growth and innovation opportunities through mergers and acquisitions of diversified public-listed companies across textiles, fertilizers, foods, and energy.
His family
Shahzada lived with his wife, Christine, in a Surrey mansion. Christine is a life coach, and they have two children together, Suleman and Alina.
Trustee
He is a board member of the Prince’s Trust charity in UK. He serves on the board of directors of several companies within the Dawood Group.
Shahzada also serves as Trustee on the Boards of both Engro Foundation and The Dawood Foundation. In December 2020, Shahzada also joined the Board of Trustees of the SETI Institute.
What happened?
On Sunday, June 18, Shahzada Dawood along with his son, Suleman, embarked on a journey to visit the remnants of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean in a deep-sea submersible.
On the same day, the submersible went missing. A race-against-time rescue mission went to search for the Oceanwave Titan sub after the vessel set off to find the wreckage of the Titanic. The submersible is believed to be around 12,500ft below the surface, which makes it incredibly difficult for rescue teams to reach.
Assumed dead
The U.S. Coast Guard held a press conference after the submersible went missing while exploring the Titanic wreckage, saying that the five-person crew is presumed to have not survived as on Thursday, they might have fully run out of oxygen.
