B.M. SHARIEF (Entrepreneur)
Early Life and Career
B.M. Sharief is a renowned businessman of the Beary community. Mr. B.M. Sharief has reached greater heights in business because of the virtues and values developed and nurtured in his early life. From a high school dropout to a labor to begin with, he went on to become a reputed businessman and a philanthropist. His contribution to the field of social work is magnificent. He is the owner of White Stone builders and developers, Shama jewellers, Mumtaz Fisheries and partner of Al Muzain Manpower Company Jubail. Mr. B.M. is the founder of White stone charitable family trust. He is a simple and friendly individual. He is a figure of inspiration to the youth. After dropping out of high school, the young sharief started working in loading and unloading rocks to vehicles.
After a while, he started loading and unloading goods to and from the boats at the harbor. To chase his dreams, he flew to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the year 1986 and started working in the catering service. He returned to India soon after a year since he was not comfortable working at KSA. After coming back, he renewed his work at the ship harbor. Later in the year 1988, he flew to KSA and started working as a labor worker at Al Habib Company. He worked at Al Habib for 25 years with pure dedication and commitment. He was promoted a number of times in the company over the years. In the meantime, he established the white stone man power company at KSA. Furthermore, he established the white stone construction company at Mangalore in the year 2009. After 25 years of service, Mr. B.M. Sharief retired from the Al Habib Company and partnered with his brother Mr. Zakariya Jokatte at Al Muzain Company. Al Muzain grew into a powerful enterprise over the years and Mr. B.M. is one of the reason to its success. After a while, Mr. B.M. established the Shama Jewellers and Mumtaz fisheries. Presently, Mr. M.B. is a well-known businessman of Mangalore.
Social concern and contributions
Mr. B.M. Sharief is a man of social concern. He is an inspiration to the society. He is a well-wisher and great supporter of all the social organizations working for the betterment of the community. He is a person who loves his community and its people. His dream is to establish a poverty free society. He is a businessman who believes that the money earned should be spend on the people who are suffering from poverty which will in turn benefit everyone here and hereafter. Mr. B.M. Sharief is a very much respected businessman in the society due to his straight forward personality and humble nature. Mr. B.M. helps people to achieve their dreams. During Ramadan, Mr. B.M. supplies Ramadan kit to over 1500 families. The Ramadan kit includes all the necessary items for the entire holy month. He tries to implement the zakath system in the proper way by calculating his income and his properties. Mr. M.B. is a prompt supporter of education. He helped a large number of students to achieve their dreams. He also donate large sum of money to the NGO’s and organization. He helped orphan girls, widows and poor girls to get married by donating gold and money. Mr. B.M. Sharief despise the concept of publicity. He believes that good deeds are for Allah. Mr. B.M. Sharief is a part of the famous ‘Nande Pengal’ movement which helped large number of female population to get a better life. According to Mr. B.M. Sharief, if we are to help someone, help in such a way that the person will not have to ask for help again. Mr. B.M. plans to implement more and more projects in the future to support the people of the community in the field of education and other social sectors. In order to implement this, the white stone charitable family trust was established. Mr. B.M.’s dream is to establish a medical institution which will provide quality education to the people from all the castes without any discrimination. Mr. B.M. refuses to go to stage as a guest or to present anything if it’s not relevant enough. He is a person who refuses unwanted attention. His straight forward personality can sometimes offend the other person, but he manages to speak the truth making sure that the other person is convinced and calm. Mr. B.M. Sharief is rough and tough in nature. He also helped number of people to get employment opportunities. He is a true inspiration to the society. He is very committed and strict person when it comes to his business. He do not mix social activities and professional activities. He believes that social work is for the Akhirah and professional work is for the Dunya which will help one to do the social work in an efficient manner.
Thoughts
”Our community should be recognized to the world as a Muslim community instead of Beary community. Beary is our language. Not a religion or a group as such. We should be identified as Muslims. We must abide by the rules of our religion. One of the main problems of our community is the AP and EK groups. These groups are the main cause of dispute and conflicts in the community. This has to change. People of our community should work with unity and integrity, if all the thinkers, scholars, professionals and intellectuals work together with clear vision and constructive planning, we can create a powerful model generation. Another important aspect is to implement the true Zakath system in the community. Zakath system is considered acceptable only if the receiving end is no longer in need to ask for help in the future. The poor should be able to get over their poverty. This is the true meaning of Zakath system. If our community is to have a system which will implement the true zakath system, I would give my 100% support to it. The people of our community is at receiving end. We are stuck with this mindset. We should be at the contributing end.” – Thoughts expressed by Mr. B.M. Sharief.
Name – B.M. Sharief
Place of Birth – Jokatte
Date of Birth – 16/12/1963
Spouse – Mumtaz Sharief
Children – Khathija Shirin, Sheikh Mohammed Shuhaib, Salma Shama
Career – Businessman