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The Entrepreneur Whose Forgiveness May Have Cost Him His Life
The unsolved murder of Bangladeshi-American Fahim Saleh
He taught himself to code while still a teenager at school, and had created his first company while still in high school. The brilliance of Fahim Saleh would help him become a serial entrepreneur, and a VC investor before ramping up a net worth of close to $150 mn.
His friends also fondly called him the “Elon Musk of the developing world.” Unfortunately, this promising life was going to be cut short, when Fahim was murdered in his own apartment at the young age of 33.
Could his forgiveness and kindness have led to his death?
Fahim’s Background and Entrepreneurial Journey
Fahim Saleh was born in Saudi Arabia to Bangladeshi parents, who were global citizens and traveled and lived in different parts of the world for work before they settled in New York.
Fahim was a bit of a child prodigy, having taught himself to code, and founded his first company while still in high school. At the age of 15, he built a social network called “teen-hangout.com” but was seen as a bit too ahead for its time. However, he did make some earnings from this community-style…
