Ehsan Bayat is an experienced businessman and entrepreneur who has led companies in a number of different countries. Born in Kabul, he moved to the United States with his family in his youth. He founded and grew the Bayat Group into one of the largest private investors and employers in Afghanistan.
Today, Ehsan Bayat is a dedicated philanthropist. Together with his wife, Fatema, he created the Bayat Foundation, which pursues a wide range of humanitarian projects in Afghanistan. Since its founding more than 20 years ago, the foundation has provided aid after natural disasters; constructed schools and healthcare centers; supplied communities with clean drinking water and sanitation; and fed more than 10 million meals to hungry and displaced people.
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