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Why a Bangladesh-born billionaire is investing in India instead of his homeland

Entrepreneurs like Australian billionaire Robin Khuda evaluate risks with cold precision. They examine whether long-term projects can survive changing governments, shifting regulations, and societal disruptions.

History often delivers its harshest judgements not through fiery speeches or political manifestos, but through the silent migration of capital. 

Money possesses neither sentiment nor nationalism. It seeks stability, predictability, and opportunity.

In that sense, the extraordinary journey of Bangladeshi-born entrepreneur Robin Khuda offers both inspiration and an uncomfortable lesson for Bangladesh.

Born in Dhaka and educated at Sher-e-Bangla Government High School and SOS Hermann Gmeiner College Dhaka before pursuing higher studies at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Robin Khuda epitomises the transformative power of knowledge and vision. 

From his early career in cloud computing and telecommunications to leadership roles at SingTel Optus, Fujitsu, PIPE Networks, and NextDC, his journey culminated in the creation of AirTrunk, one of the Asia-Pacific region’s largest hyperscale data centre enterprises.

Today, AirTrunk operates across Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, and is building data centres in Saudi Arabia in partnership with Humain. 

Yet perhaps the most striking chapter in........

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