Fahim Saleh was a Bangladeshi-American entrepreneur and computer programmer who founded Gokada in Nigeria, Pathao and JoBike.
16 Facts About Fahim Saleh
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Fahim Saleh was born in Saudi Arabia, to Bangladeshi parents who frequently relocated for work, before settling in Rochester, New York.
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Fahim Saleh taught himself to program at a young age, and created a variety of online projects such as a website for his family, a teenage social platform and a prank dial service, PrankDial, after his graduation from Bentley University.
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When he had grown older, Fahim Saleh said that he wanted to create something that "adds legitimate value to humanity".
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Fahim Saleh created his first company while still in high school.
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Fahim Saleh used income from PrankDial to fund his further ventures.
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Fahim Saleh went on to found the ride company Pathao, which was popular in Bangladesh and Nepal, in 2015.
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In 2018, Fahim Saleh founded Nigerian Gokada, a Nigerian ride-hail startup for motorbike taxis, that had millions of dollars in funding and gained a lot of traction in the country.
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Fahim Saleh faced a setback after authorities in Lagos banned motorbike taxis in 2020.
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Fahim Saleh invested in another ride-sharing company named Picap in Colombia.
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On July 14,2020, Fahim Saleh was found dead in his luxury apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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Fahim Saleh called the police, who found Saleh's torso next to an electric saw, and his head and limbs in garbage bags elsewhere in the apartment.
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An autopsy report from the Chief Medical Examiner concluded that Fahim Saleh died from multiple stab wounds.
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Security footage depicted Fahim Saleh struggling out of the elevator and onto his apartment floor.
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Detectives suspect that the killer fled the scene through the backdoor after Fahim Saleh's sister arrived looking for him, according to another police source.
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Fahim Saleh's death caused shock and sympathy from the tech community.