Adeem set up his first company providing web design,
development and online marketing solutions, while still at college.
Since then his flair for business has seen him set up a number of
businesses, a charity and help 20,000 people get married through
his website SingleMuslim.com.
While at Wakefield College Adeem realised that many of his
well-educated friends were finding it hard to meet suitable
marriage partners and came up with a modern solution to an age-old
problem. He launched his online matrimonial service for fellow
Muslims in 2000. The site now has more than half a million
registered members worldwide and has helped bring about more than
10,000 marriages. It has featured in the media, both at home and
abroad, including a BBC1 documentary and as part of a series on
ITV1.
His other ventures have included an Indian restaurant, famous for
its chocolate curry, and Penny Appeal a charity he set up in 2009
on the fourth anniversary of the devastating Kashmir earthquake
which left 75,000 dead. The charity aims to relieve poverty and
give orphaned or destitute children in North West Pakistan access
to education.
His work has garnered a number of awards, including the Shell
LiveWire Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2003. He was a
finalist in the Business Entrepreneur category in the Wakefield
District Business Awards in 2007 and highly commended in the
e-Business category in 2009.