Malik Riaz Hussain

Who is Malik Riaz Hussain?

Malik Riaz Hussain, is a Pakistani business magnate, philanthropist and a real estate investor who founded and owns Bahria Town.

Due to his private nature of his assets Hussain's net worth has been subject to several estimations, these put his assets between $2 billion and $10 billion, which makes him one of Pakistan's wealthiest people. Hussain was born into a family of modest means, and was often troubled financially. He started working as a clerk at the age of 19 and eventually launched his own business, after borrowing a mere Rs 1500.00. He became a contractor during the 1980s.

Hussain's success has invited many speculations and controversies; these have made Hussain one of Pakistan's most public and debated figures. Hussain has made significant contributions towards philanthropy, be it in constructing hospitals or houses.

Riaz has been involved in politics. He ran on a ticket for the PML-N, he won his constiuency. The election commission then exposed serious rigging on his seat, which he wanted to keep secret it had been discovered that most of the votes put in for Malik Riaz were actually fake and bogus votes.