Serial entrepreneur, inventor, and CEO of The Hakim Group, Imran Hakim is best known for being one of the most successful individuals to gain investment from BBC’s Dragon’s Den. He is the creator of the award-winning iTeddy business, which has gone on to sell its products to over 40 countries worldwide, including all the major toy retailers in the UK.
Starting his first business at the age of 16, by trading in computer equipment and selling it on to college teachers and his local community, it was clear that Imran had a passion for business and entrepreneurialism. A couple of years later, Imran became an optometrist and thus developed a business from his profession called The Hakim Group. This business has now gone on to grow exponentially, and was crowned as the UK’s best company to work for in 2018.
A winner of multiple awards for his work, Imran has been …