Agha Hasan Abedi

Agha Hasan Abedi also affectionately known as Agha Sahab (May 14, 1922, Lucknow, India - August 5, 1995, Karachi, Pakistan) was a banker and philanthropist who founded the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in 1972. The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) that he founded, was at one point the seventh largest private bank in the world. It collapsed in 1991 after regulators in the United States and the United Kingdom foun... more

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  • 1922

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  • 1995 (age 73 years)

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