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Line 1: {{short description\|Bangladeshi-born British entrepreneur (born 1954)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person \| honorific_prefix = Line 11 ⟶ 13: \| birth_name = \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1954\|9\|1\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[Sylhet Division\|~~Jalalabad~~Sylhet District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan\|Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) \| death_date = \| death_place = \| death_cause = \| resting_place = ~~\| residence = [[Shadwell]], [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets\|Tower Hamlets]], [[London]], [[England]]~~ \| nationality = [[United Kingdom\|British]] \| other_names = \| citizenship = \| education = [[Industrial engineering\|Production ~~Engineering~~engineering]] \| alma_mater = \| occupation = [[Entrepreneur]] Line 28 ⟶ 29: \| agent = \| known_for = \| notable_works = Café Naz restaurants \| style = ~~\| home_town =~~ ~~\| salary =~~ \| net_worth = \| height = ~~\| weight =~~ \| television = \| title = Line 52 ⟶ 50: }} '''Muquim Ahmed''' (born 1 September 1954) is a [[Bangladesh]]i-born [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[entrepreneur]].<ref>{{cite news\|url= https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/muquim-ahmed-dgfpgccq5mr\|title= Muquim Ahmed \|newspaper= Sunday Times\|date= April 6, 2009}}</ref> He is thought to be the first [[Brick Lane]]<ref>{{cite news\|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/aggressive-curry-touts-are-killing-brick-lane-claims-restaurant-boss-8196862.html\|title= Aggressive curry touts are killing Brick Lane, claims restaurant boss\|date= October 4, 2012\|work= London Evening Standard}}</ref> millionaire.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-04-21 \|title=MUQUIM AHMED Hard - Slog Millionaire! \|url=https://www.currylife.uk/muquim-ahmed-hard-slog-millionaire/ \|access-date=2022-07-15 \|website=Currylife Magazine \|language=en-US}}</ref>{{Citation needed\|date = April 2016}} ==Biography== Ahmed arrived in [[East End of London\|East]] [[London]] in the early 1970s, aged 19, to study [[~~Engineering~~engineering]] with the intention of returning to join the family business in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="times1">{{cite news \|title=Focus: Immigrant Britain \|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article732392.ece ~~\|location=~~ \|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]] \|date=19 February 2006 \|accessdate=26 April 2009}}</ref> Having invested £2 million in a bakery and a ready meals factory in [[South West (London sub region)\|South West London]], Ahmed, 55, is building a food manufacturing leg to his property and restaurant portfolio. Best known for his work in transforming the Brick Lane area of East London, later helped his father export goods from Britain and the Netherlands to Bangladesh. He diversified into property and was a millionaire at 26. He has a £30m property portfolio while his ''Café Naz'' chain of restaurants turns over about £3.5 million a year. His other interests include a travel agency.<ref name="times1" /> Line 67 ⟶ 65: ==References== {{~~reflist~~Reflist}} ==External links== Saini, Angela. [~~http~~https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/12/03/towerhamlets_bricklane_rents_video_feature.shtml Brick Lane restaurants under threat]. ''[[BBC London News\|BBC London]]''. 2 December 2007 Saini, Angela. [~~http~~https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/04/18/brick_lane_business_feature.shtml Olympic boost for Brick Lane]. ''[[BBC London News\|BBC London]]''. 27 December 2007 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1410069.stm Blunkett issues new race plea]. ''[[BBC News]]''. 27 June 2001 [http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/Profile/Ahmed,%20Mr%20Muquim%20.pdf Muquim Ahmed - British Bangladeshi Who’s Who 2008] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Muquim}} Line 88: {{UK-business-bio-1950s-stub}}