About

Fahad was part of the founding team at Pathao, one of the leading tech platforms in Bangladesh and Nepal. As SVP & Head of Product, he led the development of key services like ride-sharing, food delivery, digital payments, and BNPL, helping Pathao scale to 10 million users and become a regional leader. Under his leadership, Pathao raised over $50 million in venture funding and expanded its services to 300,000 drivers, 30,000 merchants, and 10,000 restaurants.

He is a founding member of Wind, a cross-border remittance platform leveraging stablecoins for faster, cheaper transactions. Wind raised $3.8 million in pre-seed funding in 2022, led by Global Founders Capital and Spartan Group.

He is currently drives growth at Bitsmedia, a growth-stage startup and creator of Muslim Pro, the world’s most popular lifestyle app for Muslims with over 150 million downloads. Bitsmedia recently raised $20 million to expand its ecosystem.

His business podcast/channel has garnered over 4 million views on YouTube and Facebook. Fahad holds a degree in Finance from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka.

Links

• FORBES – Forbes 30 Under 30

• TECH IN ASIA – Pathao founders’ new firm secures $3.8m

• DHAKA TRIBUNE – Shaping consumer technology in Bangladesh with Ahmed Fahad

• TECH IN ASIA – The leadership practices that helped us survive as business ground to a halt

• TECH CRUNCH – Bangladesh’s version of Go-Jek raises over $10M in a round led by Go-Jek