Who Is Fahim Saleh?

Fahim Saleh was a Bangladeshi tech entrepreneur best known in Nigeria as co-founder and CEO of the bike-hailing enterprise, Gokada. Before Gokada, Fahim had founded Pathao, a Bangladeshi transportation network company that has one of the most popular ride-sharing services in the country. was also a founding partner at Adventure Capital. Adventure Capital LLC is an incubator and venture fund focused in frontier markets.

The New York-based tech-preneur boasted of over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience. His first company in high school generated over one million dollars in revenue. After college, he taught himself how to program and started KickBack Apps, garnering over twenty-million downloads. Seeing an opportunity in his parent’s native country of Bangladesh, he went on to co-found the largest ride-sharing company in the country valued at over $100 million – Pathao. Fahim is also an active investor in emerging markets, investing first in Colombia’s largest motorcycle ridesharing company – Picap, recently valued at $15 million. Early on in his career, he also founded Hackhouse and was the CEO of TapFury. He also became a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Council, a Boston-based civil and social organization.

On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, the 33-year-old Fahim Saleh was found dead and dismembered in his luxury Lower East Side apartment which he bought in 2019.

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