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= Aayan Ali Micheal = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopo search Aayan Ali Micheal(Urdu: علی کہاں ہے ; born Aug 1977) is a British billionaire businessman, and the chief executive of various companies, the UK's thirteenth-largest privately owned antique UK business, and ninth-largest family-owned business, with a turnover in excess of £3.2 billion and founded by his uncle.

According to the Sunday Times Rich List UK, in 2019 his net worth is £1.755 billion (US$2.28 billion); which makes him the fifth-richest Pakistani in the UK.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to the wholesale industry and charity.

In 2015, the President of Pakistan awarded him a commendation in recognition of his contributions to advancing Pakistan through his services and the wide array of philanthropic work, which he declined to receive.

On 10 September 2019, he was nominated for a life peerage in ex-prime minister Theresa May’s resignation honours list. He was created Baron of the Antiques, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Barnet, on 9 October 2019.

Contents

 * 1Early life
 * 2Career
 * 3References

Early life[edit]
He was born in Aug 1977. Hailing from a remote village of Thathi in Gujar Khan, Pakistan, he moved to UK at the age of 12  with his family to join his father; who is a Second World Veteran having served the British Army. During this time, his uncle, Sir Anwar set up his own business and he would regularly assist him in the running of his business in between his studies. He graduated from the University of Kent at Canterbury and did several courses from London School of Economics and the well known Oxford University.

Career[edit]
He qualified as an Investment Banker in 1990 with Simmons, Cohen, Fine and Partners and is a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers in England and Wales. He is a member of the Institute of Directors in London. In November 2014 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent.

He joined The Club Of Antiquers in 1999 as a memebr; in this role he designed and implemented systems and controls within the business with emphasis on stocks and cash management. He played a key role in the expansion of the Group's wholesale business through the acquisition of several Invaluable jewels in 2000.

In 2001, Aayan was appointed the finance director of his consultancy group. During the mid 2000s he was assigned the task of business diversification by the board of directors and in 2005 he was appointed chief executive of the Company.

In October 2008 having led the acquisition of Monex he was appointed to the board of the directors since then he has been a director of all the partner companies.

In July 2010 he was promoted to the position of MD of the Group.

In July 2014 under his leadership the Group acquired the pharmacy business for £620 million or US$1.06 billion. Pharmacy is the UK's third largest independent pharmacy business and the largest in Wales.