The Trillion-Dollar Prize: Local Champions Leading the Way

Over the recent years, Bangladesh has grown faster than its Asian Peers and is now set to emerge as a trillion-dollar economy powered by an ambitious business community. To understand this path better, BCG undertook an extensive study to assess the DNA of Emerging Champions.

Bangladesh’s Emerging Champions are innovative companies that have grown rapidly, created structural advantage in the domestic market, and are ready to pursue global ambitions. The listed Champions have delivered average shareholder returns of ~16% and demonstrates traits of sustainable future growth. We believe these Champions can be powerful contributors to realizing Bangladesh’s trillion-dollar ambition.

In this report, we have utilized our globally tested Beyond Great framework to explore the key factors that are driving the growth of Emerging Champions in Bangladesh.