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Kamal S. Quadir is a Bangladeshi American entrepreneur and artist best known for introducing e-commerce in Bangladesh by founding CellBazaar,〔http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122081673203508037.html〕 an electronic marketplace which, after reaching 4 million users, was acquired by Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor in 2010. CellBazaar later got rebranded as ekhanei.com.〔http://www.schibsted.com/en/Press-Room/News-archive/2013/Schibsted-Telenor-and-Singapore-Press-Holdings-team-up-in-online-classifieds-/〕〔http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2014/jun/04/cellbazaar-formally-turns-ekhanei〕 Quadir is currently heading bKash which provides financial services through a network of community-based agents and existing technology, including mobile phones.〔 bKash is world’s second largest and fastest growing mobile financial services.〔http://microfinance.brac.net/news-a-media/2013-03-11-03-50-20/184-cgap-publishes-brief-on-the-success-of-bkash-in-delivering-mobile-financial-services〕〔http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2014/06/Mobile-Money-in-Bangladesh-Shifting-from-Scale-to-Innovation〕 Quadir is a founding member of Open World Initiatives, a Lausanne, Switzerland based organization of young thinkers. He is involved with Anwarul Quadir Foundation which recognises innovations in developing countries. He is a First Mover Fellow of The Aspen Institute. In 2009, TED selected Quadir a TED Fellow〔http://blog.ted.com/2011/07/22/fellows-friday-with-kamal-quadir/〕 and the World Economic Forum recognised him as a Young Global Leader.〔http://www.weforum.org/young-global-leaders/kamal-quadir〕 ==Early life== Quadir was an intern at Insight Venture Partners in New York, led the Business Development Division of Occidental Petroleum's initiative in Bangladesh and worked for New York City's Chamber of Commerce. He was also the co-founder and creative director of ''GlobeKids Inc.'', an animation company. Quadir has a BA from Oberlin College and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also an artist whose art works are in the permanent collection of the Bangladesh National Museum and the Liberation War Museum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kamal Quadir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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