Successful Entrepreneurs in Pakistan are the individuals who have broken the couch of their comfort zone and entered the list of successful people. However, success did not come overnight for them, but their persistent and untiring struggle with zealous efforts have fueled the journey towards their triumphs.
According to Investopedia, "An entrepreneur creates a firm to realize their idea, known as entrepreneurship, which aggregates capital and human resources in order to produce goods or services for profit"
In addition, the journey to entrepreneurship success in Pakistan is not gender biased. In many business fields, women are also head to head with men in Pakistan, kicking off innovative startups that make a difference. There are various sectors in which a list of successful female entrepreneurs in Pakistan are thriving in terms of growth, and also providing employment opportunities to Pakistani masses.
List of top successful entrepreneurs in Pakistan and what have achieved in their entrepreneurial quest.
The article will let you know about some famous entrepreneurs in Pakistan and how they started their journey from a small step and then covered a long journey. However, this is not the limit of entrepreneurship in Pakistan. Each year, hundreds of young talented business people enlist their names on the list of entrepreneurs in Pakistan.
1. Zeshaan Khalid
Zeshaan Khalid is a technopreneur and CEO of the presidential award wining IT firm- UnitedSol and FME Extensions- a leading IT and eCommerce web development and design company based in Islamabad. The company also has its presence in the US, Canada, and Gulf countries. Mr. Zeshaan is by nature a serial entrepreneur. Apart from United Sol, Mr. Zeshaan also established The Desk Coworking Space that aims to provide affordable co working spaces to freelancers and small startups. On the west corner , you can visit the coffee house – another sub business unit of UnitedSol to get yourself some coffee.
2. Imam Jamal and Hasib Malik
Imam Jamal and Hasib Malik are on the list of Pakistani entrepreneurs. Jamal’s work on technology adoption and social development projects in Pakistan is noteworthy. In Pakistan, she has also worked in the UK, Netherland, Spain, and Uganda. Hasib Malik is an expert in facilitating people with startup designs and developing financial strategies. They both jointly established a Pakistani Fintech startup with Creditbook, a digital platform that helps small entrepreneurs manage their finances. Due to their dedication to their business, they are included on the list of top entrepreneurs.
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3. Usama Arjumand
Usama Arjumand is the Founder & CEO of Prislo– a shopping search engine powered by machine learning and AI. The eCommerce platform offers over 8 million products from 300 online stores and serves over 1 million monthly visitors. Prsilo is currently one of the top 5 most visited shopping platforms in Pakistan.
Usama started his career journey in the United Kingdom more than a decade ago, graduating from the University of Nottingham in 2008 with a BEng in Mechanical Engineering. He has extensive experience in building business ventures and is also currently the Director of Gallery 6, the largest private art gallery in Islamabad. His venture prior to Prislo, a global marketplace for art, was acquired in the UK. The ecommerce search engine was initially shopsy.pk and later on rebranded to Prislo to go global.
4. Monis Rahman
The founder of Naseeb Networks, Monis Rahman, is among the top 10 entrepreneurs in Pakistan in 2022. Naseeb is a social network that helps people to get online jobs. With the initiative of Monis, you can find a job anywhere in Pakistan while sitting in your home.
Due to his exceptional services for IT, he was featured in New York Times and CNN and was counted as the best entrepreneur in Pakistan.
5. Muhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman is another young entrepreneur from Pakistan who also added his name to the list of famous entrepreneurs in Pakistan. His adventure to become an entrepreneur began when he saw his brother enjoying playing games on his plays station.
WonderTree is used for creating exciting games for children according to their interests and needs. The games are specially featured with exceptional characteristics of training the children. The games also have the features of the reporting system, which shows the children’s progress.
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6. Noman Sikandar
A renowned name on the list of successful entrepreneurs in Pakistan is Noman Sikandar, founder of Foodpanda. He completed his master’s degree in business administration from Lancaster University. He was also the founder of EatOye.
Foodpanda is a famous and valuable food delivery mobile application. Startups have the status of the most successful and perfect services nowadays. However, he has started the journey with his partner Umair from three tables. He is nominated for the best entrepreneur in Pakistan for his persistent struggle.
7. Baqar Jafri
Baqar Jafri is a tech entrepreneur and financial journalist who graduated from the Institute of Business Administration with having BS degree in Economics and is one of the top entrepreneurs in Pakistan. He plays a significant role in providing people with exact directions about investment in the stock exchange.
He is the CEO of ‘Investor Longue,’ a platform that helps people to make easier investment decisions. The startup is also very helpful for beginner entrepreneurs to take positive steps and invest in profitable categories on the stock exchange.
8. Nabila Maqsood
Nabila Maqsood is a top rank entrepreneur in Pakistan. She is a talented and hardworking makeup artist. Nabila started her first salon in 1986. At that time, she did not receive much appreciation, but currently, she is well known and on the top of the list in the fashion industry.
With her stepping into the fashion industry, she has brought many innovations. The startup she has established from her servant quarter and cutting the hair of her friends and family members has become a famous brand. Nabila Maqsood has also started her makeup brand named ZERO Makeup.
9. Maria Umar
Maria Umar is a successful entrepreneur in Pakistan. She is president of a social enterprise, Women Digital League, founded in 2009. Its main aim is to facilitate Pakistani Women with digital training and education. She has provided exceptional services for empowering women. For supporting females in business, she has been serving as the project manager for the World Bank-supported training program for females.
10. Sidra Qasim
Sidra Qasim has marked her name on the list of famous entrepreneurs in Pakistan. She is a young and talented entrepreneur who has introduced handcrafted shoes on the internet. She became the CEO of the shoe company Markhor at a very young age.
Sidra Qasim was the first person in her family to break the route and start her own business with his friend Waqas. Their business strategy was to prepare high-quality leather shoes in Pakistan and sell them online. In Pakistan, they launched their first shoe company in 2012. For expanding the roots of their business, they moved to the US in 2015. After that, Sidra realized that they should also prepare shoes that could be used casually to facilitate ordinary people.
11. Kalsoom Lakhani
Kalsoom Lakhani is one of the top 10 entrepreneurs in Pakistan in 2022. She has her graduation from the University of Virginia in Foreign Affairs and Middle East Studies. She is the CEO of i2i (Invest2innovative). In Pakistan, i2i supports startups and entrepreneurship in developing markets.
