Khurram Asif, the CEO of TechSimulater is set to release his first book in December of this year. The book, which will chronicle his life and career to date, will be of particular interest to any young people looking to make early inroads into the business world.
Asif was just eleven years old when he founded Techsimulater, an organisation that focusses on app development, computer development and networking. Nine years on, the firm has been involved in the creation and development of several high profile products including Qatar Airways Mobile App and Angry Birds Circus (TBR in 2019).
At the dawn of TechSimulater, in 2011, Asif’s main focus was on a technology-focussed YouTube channel, which helped to build his profile among the tech community. Two years later, he had honed his coding skills to such an extent that he was able to build the TechSimulater website and app.
By 2015, now aged just 15, he signed a deal with an airline carrier which allowed him to publish two of his self-developed games.
And in 2016, the firm raised $2.6 billion in investment, which made TechSimulater one of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK despite having a CEO who was still at school.
One of the firm’s main projects is the social network Heelo, which is particularly popular in the Middle East and is well regarded for its video calling functionalities.
Asif attributes his success to a relentless work ethic, with only three or four hours sleep per day.
Speaking about his long-term plans in August 2019, Asif said:
‘In terms of our company in the next five years, we want to be seriously researching and developing three new frontiers: robotics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. We do want to continue delivering excellent software and service for clients, as we do now, but diversification and expansion into cutting-edge and exciting industry areas are processes that we are all passionate about at TechSimulater.
‘That being said we are a very ethically and environmentally conscious company therefore, we are in the process of developing our next project PaperIt, a software that we want all tablets to have that allows the ability to have a paper-like feel when writing electronically and with combination of Grammarly and other APIs we would like to achieve the technology that would allow us to help dyslexic and blind people.’
With Asif’s book set to be released in December, one can only hope it is as intriguing as his career to-date.
