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About: Ali Jehangir Siddiqui
- Ali Jehangir Siddiqui (Urdu: علی جہانگیر صدیقی; born 5 December ) is a Pakistani diplomat and entrepreneur. He has served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan with the status of Minister of State and Pakistan's Ambassador for Foreign Investment in an honorary capacity. He has also served in various business and government advisory councils, policy institutions, and commercial entities. Siddiqui founded JS Bank Limited in by acquiring American Express Bank's Pakistan operations. JS Bank currently has an asset base of over $4 billion, with a workforce of employees and presence in cities of Pakistan. (en)
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Jahangir Siddiqui
Pakistani businessman
Jahangir Siddiqui (Sindhi: جھانگير صديقي) is a Pakistani businessman and founder of Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. and JS Bank.[1]
Career
[edit]On May 15, , with the support of his family, Siddiqui became a local distributor of ice cream and Coca-Cola.[2] In , he completed a bachelor's degree in commerce, and began training as a chartered accountant in [2] His interest in stock markets eventually led him to start his own company in October [3] In , Siddiqui founded Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd, which by growth and acquisition eventually became the JS Group of companies.[3]
To raise money to start the company after his father's initial refusal to lend him Rs 6, to start a business, Siddiqui secretly stole and sold his family's car to a junk dealer for Rs1,, along with the family's two-year stock of wheat and coal, all of which were stored in the family's house at the time.[3] • By Aasiya Kazi|People|Profile| Published 15 years ago “There is a merit-based system in the family” Ali Siddiqui takes us back to his first business venture over 15 years ago, when he was a “scrawny” computer junkie with “thick glasses.” Sounds like your typical class nerd, except in this case he wasn’t. He had entrepreneurship in his DNA and using his savings, he started his own technology business with the help of an older cousin at the age of 15 — coincidentally the same age as when his father, Jahangir Siddiqui, started his own business. Ali laughingly describes how his clients would ask him how old he was, so he grew some facial hair. And that’s not all. He knew the importance of networking, a sales pitch and competition. And his business flourished while he juggled schoolwork, football practice and work. Three years later, before leaving for college he was able to sell it. After graduating from Cornell University in , joining the family bu
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