Syed Ahmed (businessman)
| Syed Ahmed | |
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Ahmed in 2007
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| Native name | সৈয়দ আহমেদ |
| Born |
17 September 1974 Sylhet, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
Sir John Cass Redcoat School Ealing, Hammersmith and West |
| Known for | Candidate on The Apprentice |
| Awards | Quiet mark award (for his company's progression in the hand dryer industries.) |
| Website | syed-ahmed |
Syed Ahmed (Bengali: সৈয়দ আহমেদ; born 17 September 1974) is a Bangladeshi-born British entrepreneur, businessman and television personality. He is the founder and CEO of the British design and manufacturing hand dryer company SAVortex. He is best known for being a contestant in the 2006 series of The Apprentice, where he was fired in Week 10.
Ahmed was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh. When he was nine months old, he moved with his parents to the United Kingdom and was brought up in East London in a devout Muslim family. He attended the Sir John Cass Redcoat School in Stepney from the age of 11 to 17 achieving 7 GCSEs. He then attended the Hammersmith College, where he achieved a BTEC in business and finance. He later managed restaurants, including the Titanic, part of the White Starline Group, owned by Marco Pierre White. He was in the Air Training Corps and dreamed of becoming an RAF pilot but decided to go into business instead.
Ahmed is currently the CEO of SAVortex, which specialises in high-speed, energy efficient hand dryers. Ahmed's development of the SAVortex technology was shown in an hour-long documentary, Hot Air, broadcast on Sky. Ahmed initially financed the business himself. Ahmed was a director of the IT recruitment consultancy firm IT People until May 2006, and a director of Magenta Partnerships Limited from June 2006 until February 2007.
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