Arif Ayub
Arif Ayub (born November 14, 1982), is a Pakistani entrepreneur, inventor, investor, and executive chairman of Saltflow Inc (DBA: The Saltflow Group), a Dubai, United Arab Emirates based group that owns operations in mainly construction, retail, trade and technology domains globally.
Ayub has received several professional endorsements from the Government of Pakistan, including from the Chairman of the Senate. Some of his 2011 meetings have been with Governors, Senators, economic policymakers and ambassadors of various countries. Strongly against outside investments and partnership-oriented businesses, he likely owns 100% of his global operations (all Saltflow-controlled), that are estimated to be generating revenues in excess of $150 million. Ayub is Pakistan's front-runner in the next set of billionaires, a milestone (as per a close acquaintance) he is likely to attain by 2014 or sooner.
Education
In April 2002, he was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Ayub left the University of Pennsylvania in March 2005 to focus on his business full-time. He later returned to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a BA in Economics in August 2009.
Honors and awards
- Chairman of the Senate, Pakistan: Professional Endorsement, 2007