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Web wonder: Ajaz Ahmed, co-founder, AKQA.(largest remaining independent UK news media firm)
Rich, young, and seemingly tireless, Ajaz Ahmed is the kind of person who makes you sick, or certainly envious, At 26 he heads up AKQA, the UK's largest remaining independent new media firm, valued last year at [pounds]26m by management consultants PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
AKQA now advises new media godfather Microsoft on its UK web site and has a client list most rivals would sell their granny for - including the likes of BMW, Orange, Sainsbury's and Durex.
Ahmed set up the firm with three friends from his youth after dropping out of university at the age of 21. He remains the company's public face as well as its largest shareholder, with an 88% stake in the firm. That stake will be diluted as Ahmed prepares to float 40% of the company on the Nasdaq exchange in 2002.
His CV …
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- AKQA creates [pound]48m global network.(new media agency network)(Company...
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Magazine article from: Marketing
Rosier, Ben
January 25, 2001
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- AKQA set to create a global new-media agency network.
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Magazine article from: Campaign
Bonello, Deborah
January 26, 2001
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- Can Hadala and AKQA avoid clashing on creativity?(Rick Hadala)(Brief Article)
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Magazine article from: Campaign
Bonello, Deborah
April 20, 2001
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- The World: Capital and innovation are key to AKQA's growth.(Company overview)
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Magazine article from: Campaign
March 21, 2008
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- AKQA recruits creative team for Palm account.(Brief Article)
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Magazine article from: Campaign
Bonello, Deborah
June 1, 2001
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