Ragib Ali

Ragib Ali is a Bangladeshi born British industrialist and educationist. He is regarded as a pioneer in tea-plantation. He is also the founder of Leading University in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Biography.
Ali was born in 1936 in Talibpur, Kamal Bazaar, Bishwanath, Sylhet District, Bangladesh. He did his schooling from Raza G.C High School in Sylhet and graduated from the College of Sylhet. In 1956, he moved to the United Kingdom to pursue higher education.
He established the Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College and served as the Chairman of North South University Foundation. He has founded Leading University and University of Asia Pacific (Bangladesh).