Fahim Saleh: Tech Millionaire of Bangladeshi descent who was killed in New York was well known in the entrepreneurial world at a young age

Fahim Saleh, who was brutally murdered in his apartment in New York, wrote on his website about himself as an entrepreneur, investor, dreamer, entrepreneur, investor, dreamer.

In Dhaka, his close friend and colleague Hussein M. Ilyas said that Fahim Saleh was a real dreamer.

Fahim Saleh was one of the founders of the ride sharing app called 'Pathao' which is very popular in Bangladesh. Another is Hussein M. Elias.

"Very few people have succeeded so quickly or at such a young age. The reason is that he was a very energetic and hardworking man," Hussein Elias told BBC Bangla.

"He was not stuck in one placeThat is why he has taken one initiative after another. Some have succeeded, some have not. But he did not give up. "

Although Fahim Saleh was a child of Bangladeshi parents, he did not live in Bangladesh very long. He studied Information Systems at Bentley University in the United States.

The apartment in which he was killed at the age of 33 is worth around Tk 22 crore in Bangladeshi currency. Fahim Saleh, who was murdered in his own apartment, grew up in New York, and was a website developer by profession.

The media there has identified him as a "tech millionaire".

"He started working at a very young age Started working in America from 15/16 years - in the IT field. As a result, when he came to Dhaka in 2014, he was already known in the world of technology, and that is because of his work, "said Mr. Elias

The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), a Bangladeshi technology organization, says that in addition to sending ride-sharing services to Bangladesh, Fahim Saleh has launched another ride-sharing platform in Nigeria called Gokada.

Reports after his death suggest that he began various activities in several Latin American countries, including Colombia.

"In fact, he was very ambitious and worked hard to implement it. He liked to take risks When there was no app-based ride sharing in Bangladesh, nothing to say about e-commerce, he took the risk of investing in Pathaway. "

Fahim Saleh also invested in Nepal's app-based ride-sharing platform.

He also invested heavily in Pickup, Colombia's largest motorcycle ride-sharing company.

Fahim Saleh wrote on his blog, "Don't follow money, let him follow you"

The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) says that with the death of Fahim Saleh, the country's IT industry has not only lost a successful entrepreneur, but also one of the country's young startup entrepreneurs To the guide.

"The death of Fahim Saleh will undoubtedly be a major blow to the growing enthusiasm among young people to build a startup community," the organization said in a statement.