Ahmed Fahad – GMB Akash Portrait 2022

Full bio here.

Things I'm involved with and areas of interest:

  • Mobility: During my 7 years at Pathao, as Head of Product, my teams developed and launch its core verticals: ride-sharing, courier services, and food delivery, helping scale the platform from 0 to 10 million users and raise over $50 million in funding.

  • Fintech: I founded Wind, a remittance platform leveraging stablecoins to enable faster, cheaper cross-border payments. Wind secured $3.8 million in pre-seed funding.

  • Opportunity: I was raised by a single-mom in Bangladesh which taught me resilience and the value of creating opportunities for others. At Pathao, we’ve created income opportunities for 300,000 drivers and delivery agents, 30,000 merchants, and 10,000 restaurants across five cities in Bangladesh and Nepal.

  • Scaling/Growth: At Bitsmedia, I drive growth. The company has apps with over 170 million downloads and recently raised $20 million to expand into new verticals like travel and wellness.

  • Storytelling: Inspired by my journey, I share insights and lessons to uplift others on my YouTube channel, which has garnered over 4 million views, fostering conversations with professionals and changemakers globally.