Arif Ayub
www.softflux.com
Karachi, Pakistan
Age: 23
Ayub launched Softflux back in 2000 as a one-man operation. Today the IT solutions firm offers everything from Web development services to high-end management consulting to help companies boost their profitability and the productivity of their mobile networks. It has roughly 70 employees and development associates in Beijing, Dublin, Romania, London, and Silicon Valley. Softflux' clients include a variety of Pakistani banks and pharmaceutical companies, and Ayub plans to expand the company's operations globally in 2007 and boost annual revenues to $120 million by the end of the decade. He is also the founder of Saltflow, a private-equity firm specializing in tech investments.
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