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Sabinsa founder Muhammed Majeed dies aged 75
Dr. Muhammed Majeed, founder and chairman of the Sami-Sabinsa Group, has died at the age of 75. Majeed passed away peacefully surrounded by
his family, following complications from surgery. His daughter, Dr. Anju Majeed, succeeds him as
chair of the Sami-Sabinsa Group. Muhammed Majeed pioneered the
development of standardized herbal extracts from India’s Ayurvedic plants and created a global market for them. In 1988, he started operation of the Sabinsa
Corporation in New Jersey as the first phase of his vision. Initially launched to make generic drugs, he
saw an opportunity to introduce ingredients based upon traditional Ayurvedic knowledge backed by modern science at a time when Americans were turning towards natural health care options. In 1991, Dr. Majeed set up Sami Labs, a cutting-
edge research and manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India. Today, Sami, a division of Sami-Sabinsa Group
alongside Sabinsa, operates 11 manufacturing facilities and employs over 1,400 people, including over 120 senior scientists. Sabinsa Cosmetics was formed in 2001 to
market specialized ingredients for the personal care and cosmetics industries. When the wellness wave hit India in 2010,
Dr. Majeed seized upon the direct-to-consumer business model and started Sami Direct to market his company’s ingredients in consumer product goods.
Sami Direct now offers 20 products, ranging from weight management, joint health, bone
strength, detox supplements, and skincare and cosmetics. Over 36 years, the Sami-Sabinsa Group
expanded its operations in the US and India, and established full-fledged operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, UAE, and Vietnam, in addition to satellite offices in France, Hungary, Spain, Taiwan and the UK. Majeed was born in September 1945 and
grew up in Kollam, in Kerala, India, one of six children. After earning an undergraduate degree
in pharmacy from the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College in 1973, he worked as a teacher before emigrating to the US in 1975 with eight dollars in his pocket. Initially working in a pharmacy, he pursued
his Master’s in industrial pharmacy from Long Island University in New York. He then went on to complete his
doctorate in industrial pharmacy from St. John’s University in New York in 1986. Majeed is survived by his daughters
Anju and Sami, his son Shaheen, and grandchildren Rizwan, Johara, Nasneen, Ramses, Sunayna, Rajah, and Maximo.
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