Faatin Haque

Net worth $11 Million

Birthday
August 1978
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About

Faatin Haque is a Bangladeshi business leader known for wearing several entrepreneurial hats. She is the chairperson of Trade Group of Companies—an umbrella that includes home‑design brand Trade Design Solutions and lifestyle venture The Design Loft—and she serves as president of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Bangladesh chapter. In 2024 she stepped onto television as one of the “Sharks” on Shark Tank Bangladesh, the local edition of the globally loved startup‑funding show, giving founders straight‑talk feedback and real cheques.

Her day‑to‑day life blends deal‑making with community building: one moment she is reviewing lighting‑automation imports for Trade Design Solutions, the next she is hosting an EO learning session or grilling a hopeful founder under studio lights. Colleagues praise her for keeping conversations friendly and practical—traits that have made her a favourite among first‑time entrepreneurs.

Before Fame

Long before camera crews rolled, Faatin was the inquisitive eldest daughter in a Dhaka‑based business family. After finishing school at home she flew to the United States, earning a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, where courses in economics and international business shaped her outlook.

Fresh out of college she interned with a research group focused on micro‑finance, then rotated through marketing roles in the building‑materials sector. Those early stints taught her two lessons she still quotes: “numbers tell the story” and “design is only useful when it solves an everyday problem.” By her late twenties she had returned to Dhaka, eager to apply those ideas to Bangladesh’s booming construction and interiors market. She started with small import deals—smart bathroom fixtures and European lighting—until 2012, when she consolidated the operation under Trade Design Solutions and later spun off The Design Loft as a showroom‑plus‑studio.

Trivia

  • Football loyalty: Faatin is a die‑hard Argentina supporter. After Lionel Messi lifted the 2022 FIFA World Cup she posted that she had first watched Diego Maradona’s 1986 final “with Dad” and still felt the same thrill decades later.
  • First female “Shark” cohort: Shark Tank Bangladesh made headlines for featuring an all‑woman panel on several episodes; Faatin was central to that push, insisting that “founders should see the investor table reflect the real market.”
  • Passion for learning: Within EO she introduced a “Learn, Connect, Value” slogan for the 2024‑25 term, nudging members to swap practical tips at every meetup.
  • Design‑forward office: Her Dhaka headquarters doubles as a concept space filled with motion‑sensor lights, touch‑free taps, and modular work pods—products her own firm distributes.
  • Weekend unwind: Friends say she unwinds by sketching floor‑plans for hypothetical boutique hotels; she calls it “yoga for the brain.”

Family Life

Faatin credits her entrepreneurial spark to both parents. Her father imported building supplies in the 1990s, exposing her to shipping manifests and supplier calls when most kids were trading comics. Her mother, an avid interior‑decor enthusiast, taught her the value of good design at home. Today Faatin and her spouse, corporate lawyer Mahir Rahman, juggle careers while raising two school‑age children in Dhaka. She often jokes that the children are her “strictest investors,” demanding clear explanations whenever she misses movie night for a board meeting.

Despite a packed schedule, she guards Sunday breakfast as family time—no phones allowed. The ritual reminds her, she says, that “business thrives only when the people you love thrive first.”

Associated With

On Shark Tank Bangladesh, Faatin shares the investor panel with several notable Bangladeshi executives:

Beyond the show she collaborates closely with EO Bangladesh stalwarts such as Zareen Mahmud Hosein and Nishat Hamid on mentorship programmes for young founders.

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