Mohammed Ali
| Mohammed Ali | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mohammed Ali 15 March 2000 Dewsbury United Kingdom |
| 🏡 Residence | Dewsbury, England |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Batley Grammar School |
| 💼 Occupation | Computer programmer, internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | WeNeed1 |
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Mohammed Ali is a British computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is best known as the inventor of WeNeed1, which is a price comparison service using a reverse marketplace model. As of December 2016, WeNeed1 rejected a multimillion-pound offer from American investors.[1][2]
Personal life[edit]
Ali was born in Yorkshire, England in 2000 to Nisar Ali and Nadia Ali. He was a student at Batley Grammar School in Batley, West Yorkshire.[3] He lives in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire with his family. Having completed his GCSE exams in Summer 2016, he is now studying for his A levels and is the current Chief Technical Officer at WeNeed1.[4][5][6]
WeNeed1[edit]
Ali created the WeNeed1 web application in 2016, in addition an algorithm that brings buyers and sellers together using keywords.
WeNeed1 aims to put buyers in control so that they can save time and money.[7]
Reception[edit]
Ali and WeNeed1 have been covered by major publications worldwide, including Daily Mail, Business Insider,[8] The Huffington Post,[9] 20 minutes (France),[10] El Mundo (Spain).[11] Ali has made numerous television appearances on BBC, ITV,[12] Geo News, Dunya News, Samaa TV[13] been written about in numerous British newspapers which include: Mirror,[14] Sun,[15] Telegraph,[16] Daily Star,[17] Metro,[18] Daily Mail,[19] and been interviewed by BBC Radio Leeds,[20] BBC Asian Network.[21]
References[edit]
- ↑ Gray, Maryvonne. "Far Out Friday: Teen inventor to launch real-time price comparison site". Insurance Business. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Student, 16, was offered £5m for a groundbreaking money-saving website". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ Metro.co.uk, Hattie Gladwell for (2016-02-29). "This boy has already made thousands of pounds after starting a business aged 12". Metro. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Student, 16, was offered £5m for a groundbreaking money-saving website". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Teenager, 15, earns £30,000 from his tech business". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ Mirror.co.uk (2016-01-20). "Meet the 15-year-old business guru who has made THOUSANDS in his spare time". mirror. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "'Price'less pursuits in tech". http://www.deccanchronicle.com/. 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2017-02-10. External link in
|newspaper=(help) - ↑ "Ein Unternehmen soll diesem 16-Jährigen 5,8 Millionen Euro für seine Webseite geboten haben — doch er lehnte ab". Business Insider Deutschland (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "???? ???? ????? ?????? ???? ??? ???? ????? ????? ????? 5 ?????? ???? ????????". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Royaume-Uni : Des investisseurs lui proposent 6 millions d'euros pour racheter son site web, il refuse". 20minutes.fr. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Un adolescente británico rechaza seis millones de dólares por una web que creó en su habitación a los 12 años". ELMUNDO (in español). Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Teenage boy turns down £5 million offer from US for website set up in his bedroom". ITV News. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "پاکستانی طالبعلم نے 50 لاکھ پاؤنڈ کی پیشکش ٹھکرادی | Samaa Urdu News". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ Jones, Mason (2017-01-23). "British boy rejects £5MILLION offer for money-saving website he started aged 12". mirror. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Meet the 15-year-old business guru who has made THOUSANDS in his spare time". The Sun. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Meet the 'teenpreneurs' making serious amounts of pocket money". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Whizkid's £5m deal: Lad refuses big bucks from US investors". Dailystar.co.uk. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ Metro.co.uk, Jimmy Nsubuga for (2017-01-23). "Schoolboy, 16, rejects £5million for website he created in his bedroom". Metro. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "'Teach yourself': Mohammed Ali on being an entrepreneur | Daily Mail Online". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Yorkshire breaking news: Latest updates". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "18/02/2016, Nihal - BBC Asian Network". BBC. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
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