Shahzada Dawood

Dawood was born on 12 February 1975, in Rawalpindi; he was the eldest son of Hussain Dawood.{{cite web|first1=Christina|last1=Goldbaum|first2=Emma|last2=Bubola|date=22 June 2023|title=Shahzada Dawood, Executive, 48, and Son, 19, Die Aboard Submersible|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/world/asia/shahzada-dawood-titan-submersible.html|website=The New York Times|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230623225822/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/world/asia/shahzada-dawood-titan-submersible.html|archive-date=23 June 2023|url-status=live}} His sisters were Azmeh Dawood and Sabrina Dawood, the latter known for her philanthropic endeavours. His brother was Abdul Samad Dawood.{{Cite web |title=Video Titan victim's deaths 'brought the world together,' uncle says |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/titan-victims-deaths-brought-world-uncle-100334797 |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=25 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625153131/https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/titan-victims-deaths-brought-world-uncle-100334797 |url-status=live }}

Their paternal grandfather, Ahmed Dawood, was a prominent Memon industrialist who established the family business, Dawood Group.{{cite news |last1=Khalid |first1=Hanif |title=Who are the Dawoods? |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1083682-who-are-the-dawoods |date=23 June 2023 |access-date=22 July 2023 |work=The News International |language=en}} Dawood received his early education from Aitchison College, Lahore.{{cite web |title=News and Events - Aitchison College |url=https://www.aitchison.edu.pk/news-2127-obituary-tragic-loss-of-shahzada-dawood-and-his-son-suleman |website=www.aitchison.edu.pk}} He pursued further studies, attaining an LLB from Buckingham University and an MSc in global textile marketing from Philadelphia University (now Thomas Jefferson University).{{cite web |title=Shahzada Dawood Vice Chairman |url=https://www.engro.com/leadership/shahzada-dawood/?token=1ce404a0b3982e278c396be4b7726bbd&term_id=27&members=1807,1810,16472,12163,1809,16478,1837,1811,16474,1805 |website=Engro, board of directors & committees | date=29 May 2018 |publisher=Engro Corporation Limited |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626032646/https://www.engro.com/leadership/shahzada-dawood/?token=1ce404a0b3982e278c396be4b7726bbd&term_id=27&members=1807,1810,16472,12163,1809,16478,1837,1811,16474,1805 |url-status=live }}

Dawood was the vice-chairman of the Engro Corporation, and a director of the Dawood Hercules Corporation.{{Cite web |title=Shahzada Dawood - Director at Dawood Hercules Corporation Ltd based in Karachi |url=https://theorg.com/org/dawood-hercules-corporation-ltd/org-chart/shahzada-dawood |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=THE ORG |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620202909/https://theorg.com/org/dawood-hercules-corporation-ltd/org-chart/shahzada-dawood |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |first=Trisha |last=Pathak |date=23 June 2023 |title=Who is Shahzada Dawood? One of Pakistan's wealthiest men on board the missing Titanic submersible |url=https://www.wionews.com/trending/who-is-shahzada-dawood-one-of-pakistans-wealthiest-men-and-teenage-son-on-board-missing-titanic-submarine-606425 |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=WION |language=en-us |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620202909/https://www.wionews.com/trending/who-is-shahzada-dawood-one-of-pakistans-wealthiest-men-and-teenage-son-on-board-missing-titanic-submarine-606425 |url-status=live }}

Dawood had been on the board of the Engro Corporation since 2003. He became the vice-chairman of Engro in October 2021. Before this, he had been the vice-chairman of the Dawood Hercules Corporation.{{cite web |title=Engro Corporation 1H 2021 Results |url=https://www.engro.com/press-releases/engro-corporation-1h-2021-results/ |website=Governance Matters |publisher=Engro Corp |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620220136/https://www.engro.com/press-releases/engro-corporation-1h-2021-results/ |url-status=live }} He had invested in finding growth opportunities through mergers and acquisitions in textiles, fertilizers, foods, and energy in public-listed companies.{{cite web |title=Shahzada Dawood |url=https://www.weforum.org/people/shahzada-dawood |website=World Economic Forum |access-date=21 June 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620202910/https://www.weforum.org/people/shahzada-dawood/ |url-status=live }}

In 2012, Dawood was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Dawood had spoken at the United Nations in 2020 on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science.{{cite web |title=Shahzada Dawood Speech UNHQ 11-02-2020 |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZTPXqniS-rw|website=Youtube | date=March 2020 |access-date=22 June 2023}}

From 1996 to 2023, Dawood had been a trustee of the family-foundation, The Dawood Foundation (TDF), which focused on education. TDF had been coordinating the Hussain Dawood Pledge, a private donation to fight COVID-19 in Pakistan. He had been focused in efforts to provide mental health support to people hit by the pandemic in Pakistan.{{cite news |title=Two charities to provide mental health support to people hit by Covid-19 |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1564046 |access-date=21 June 2023 |publisher=Dawn |date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621062027/https://www.dawn.com/news/1564046 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Titanic tourist sub: Who is Shahzada Dawood? |url=https://www.samaaenglish.tv/news/40039853/pakistan-titanic-tourist-sub-who-is-shahzada-dawood-and-what-are-services-of-his-family-for-pakistan |access-date=22 June 2023 |work=Samaa |date=21 June 2023 |language=en |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622173639/https://www.samaaenglish.tv/news/40039853/pakistan-titanic-tourist-sub-who-is-shahzada-dawood-and-what-are-services-of-his-family-for-pakistan |url-status=live }}

Dawood was also a trustee of Engro Foundation,{{cite web |title=Who we are |url=https://www.engrofoundation.com/who-we-are#ourleadership |website=Engro Foundation |date=2 October 2017 |access-date=21 June 2023 |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621200436/https://www.engrofoundation.com/who-we-are#ourleadership |url-status=live }} a member of the Global Advisory Board for Prince's Trust International, a charity founded by Charles III,{{Cite web |last=Bubola |first=Emma |date=20 June 2023 |title=Two of the Passengers Are a Prominent Businessman and His 19-Year-Old Son |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/shahzada-dawood-titanic-submarine.html |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620210239/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/shahzada-dawood-titanic-submarine.html |url-status=live }} and a board member of the SETI Institute.{{Cite web |title=Shahzada Dawood |url=https://www.seti.org/shahzada-dawood |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=SETI Institute |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620205216/https://www.seti.org/shahzada-dawood |url-status=live }}

Shahzada Dawood was married to Christine Dawood {{nee}} Meckel (born 1975), who was born and raised in Germany, since 2002. After having lived in Pakistan and Singapore, they settled in the United Kingdom in 2014. They had two children together: a son, Suleman (2004-2023), and a daughter, Alina (born 2006){{cite news |date=19 June 2023 |title=Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and son Suleman: Who is on board Titanic sub? |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65955554 |access-date=21 June 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620225347/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65955554 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=Angel |title=Widow of Titanic Sub Victims Remembers Son Ahead of 19th Birthday |url=https://people.com/widow-of-titanic-sub-victims-remembers-son-ahead-of-birthday-8426079 |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=People |date=January 13, 2024 |quote=Her daughter Alina was 17 when the incident happened." [...] "Christine said she chose to do the interview because Suleman’s birthday is coming up on Jan. 15 and she wants to remember him.}}{{cite news |title=Christine Dawood's BBC interview in full |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66016162 |access-date=26 June 2023 |work=BBC News |date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626110355/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66016162 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Next Step Now - Meet Christine |url=http://nextstepnow.com/about-en/meet-christine-en |website=nextstepnow.com |access-date=11 August 2023 |language=en}}{{cite web | url=https://www.stern.de/panorama/-titan---christine-dawood-bangt-um-ihren-vermissten-ehemann-und-sohn-33583784.html | title=Christine Dawood bangt um ihren Mann und Sohn an Bord der "Titan" (Stern+) | date=22 June 2023 }}

Dawood became a Maltese citizen in 2016, reportedly through an Individual Investor Programme.

Media reports indicate that Dawood had a keen interest in investigating natural habitats and renewable energies.{{cite news |last1=Haroun |first1=Azmi |title=Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman are on the missing Titanic submersible. They're from one of Pakistan's richest families. |work=Insider |url=https://www.insider.com/who-is-shahzada-dawood-pakistani-millionaire-son-suleman-titanic-sub-2023-6 |access-date=21 June 2023}} He was described as a "photography enthusiast",{{cite news |date=21 June 2023 |title=Family awaits word amid massive search for missing 'Titanic sub' |language=en |work=Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1760893/family-awaits-word-amid-massive-search-for-missing-titanic-sub |access-date=21 June 2023 |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621062622/https://www.dawn.com/news/1760893/family-awaits-word-amid-massive-search-for-missing-titanic-sub |url-status=live }} particularly passionate about wildlife photography and exploring different natural habitats.

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Dawood and his family departed from their residence in London and journeyed to Canada for the duration of one month. Dawood, a Titanic enthusiast with a "years long passion for science and discovery,"{{cite news |last1=Bubola |first1=Emma |date=21 June 2023 |title=Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, Father-Son Passengers, Love Science Fiction and Travel |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/shahzada-dawood-titanic-submersible-passenger.html |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622005500/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/shahzada-dawood-titanic-submersible-passenger.html |url-status=live }} booked tickets for himself and his wife over Father's Day weekend to embark on the Titan submersible to view the wreck of the Titanic. His wife later gave her ticket to the couple's nineteen-year-old son, Suleman.{{cite news |title=Teenager on Titan sub wanted to break Rubik's Cube record near Titanic |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66016160 |access-date=26 June 2023 |work=BBC News |date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626150225/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66016160 |url-status=live }} The dive, which was expected to bring the travellers to a depth of {{convert|12,500|ft|order=flip}},{{Cite news |last=Noyce |first=Eleano |date=21 June 2023 |title=Who is Shahzada Dawood? The Pakistani businessman lost at sea in Titanic submarine with teenage son |language=en-GB |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/shahzada-dawood-pakistan-missing-submarine-titanic-b2361309.html |access-date=21 June 2023 |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621214314/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/shahzada-dawood-pakistan-missing-submarine-titanic-b2361309.html |url-status=live }} began on the morning of 18 June 2023 and was expected to last eight hours.{{cite news |last1=Borg |first1=Bertrand |date=21 June 2023 |title=Billionaire aboard missing Titanic sub is a Maltese citizen |work=Times of Malta |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/billionaire-aboard-missing-titanic-sub-maltese-citizen.1039026 |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621100450/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/billionaire-aboard-missing-titanic-sub-maltese-citizen.1039026 |url-status=live }} Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes after beginning the descent, Titan lost contact with the surface ship, the MV Polar Prince.{{Cite news |date=21 June 2023 |title=Titanic sub timeline: when did it go missing and key events in search |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/missing-titanic-sub-when-it-vanished-race-find-it-2023-06-21/ |access-date=21 June 2023 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622001050/https://www.reuters.com/world/missing-titanic-sub-when-it-vanished-race-find-it-2023-06-21/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Lough |first=Catherine |date=20 June 2023 |title=Shahzada Dawood: One of Pakistan's richest men trapped on board with 19-year-old son |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/20/shahzada-dawood-pakistan-trapped-son-titanic/ |access-date=20 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620202909/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/20/shahzada-dawood-pakistan-trapped-son-titanic/ |url-status=live }} Search and rescue missions involved water and air support from the United States, Canada and France.{{cite news |last1=Henley |first1=Jon |date=21 June 2023 |title=Titanic sub live updates: vessel may have less than 20 hours of oxygen left, says US Coast Guard, as search continues |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/21/titanic-sub-live-updates-search-us-coast-guard-submarine-submersible |access-date=21 June 2023}}

On 22 June 2023, the United States Coast Guard confirmed that they had found debris approximately 1,600 feet (500 metres) from the bow of the Titanic that was "consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber", and concluded that the passengers aboard Titan – Dawood and his son, Suleman, as well as Hamish Harding, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush — had all died instantly.{{cite news |title=Titan sub: crew have died after catastrophic loss of pressure chamber, US Coast Guard confirms – latest updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/22/titanic-sub-live-updates-search-titan-missing-submarine-submersible-rescue-us-coast-guard-latest-news |work=The Guardian |date=22 June 2023 |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622045846/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/22/titanic-sub-live-updates-search-titan-missing-submarine-submersible-rescue-us-coast-guard-latest-news |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/americas/live-news/titanic-missing-sub-oceangate-06-22-23/h_fb2ac2f64193e7f88e0e6f55247626f5 |title=OceanGate says it believes individuals on missing sub 'have sadly been lost' |date=22 June 2023 |website=CNN |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622184916/https://www.cnn.com/americas/live-news/titanic-missing-sub-oceangate-06-22-23/h_fb2ac2f64193e7f88e0e6f55247626f5 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/22/us/titanic-missing-submarine/6194ed81-28d7-53dc-8946-c39b3c4a5488 |title=The debris found today was "consistent with catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber" in the submersible, Mauger said. |date=22 June 2023 |last=Patil |first=Anushka |work=The New York Times |access-date=22 June 2023}}

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