Anwar Pervez

Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez OBE, HPk (Urdu: سر انور پرویز‎; born 15 March 1935) is a Pakistani-born British billionaire businessman and former bus conductor and driver.[2] He is the founder and chairman of Bestway Group.

For Bangladeshi music composer and music director, see Anwar Pervez (musician).
Sir

Anwar Pervez
Born (1935-03-15) 15 March 1935[1]
Rawalpindi, British India (now Pakistan)
NationalityBritish
OccupationChairman, Bestway
Net worthUS$3.75 billion (2020)
Spouse(s)Sabiha Qasim
Children4
RelativesZameer Choudrey (nephew)

According to the Sunday Times Rich List UK, in 2020 Anwar Pervez's net worth is £3.1 billion (US$3.75 billion); which makes him the richest Pakistan-born Briton in the UK.

Early life

Mohammed Anwar Pervez was born on 15 March 1935 to a subsistence farming family in Rawalpindi.[3] He did his matriculation in Pakistan. In 1956, he moved to the UK at the age of 21.[3][4]

Career

His first was as a telephone operator in the state-owned telecommunication company PTCL.[3] There he used to work for ₨96 a month and most of them were spent on anti-malaria medications.[5]

In 1956, he emigrated to England. There he became a bus conductor and driver in Bradford.[3] He worked seven days a week on double shifts about GB£16 to GB£18 a week.[3]

In 1963 he established his first convenience store, Kashmir, in London's Earls Court for Muslim community.[3][6] By the early seventies, he had changed the company's name to Bestway and was operating ten convenience stores in and around West London mostly serving Asians and specialised in Asian food: spices, rice, lentils, and meat.[3][4]

In 1976, Pervez opened Bestway’s first wholesale warehouse in Acton, West London.[4] The company has since grown to a multibillion-pound enterprise, and as of 2014 Bestway is the second-largest independent wholesaler in the UK.[7]

Personal life

He is married to Sabiha Qasim, and their sons Rizwan Pervez and Dawood Pervez (born February 1975) are directors of Bestway.[8][9]

In 2012, their daughter Farah married Syed Abid Hussain Imam, the son of Pakistani politicians Abida Hussain and Fakhar Imam. She lives in Lahore and is not involved in Bestway.[9]

Honours

Pervez was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1992[10] and a Knight Bachelor in 1999.[11]

In March 2000, he was awarded Hilal-i-Pakistan by the Pakistani Government for his services to the Pakistani nation.[12]

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See also

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3113. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. Marlow, Ben (July 18, 2014). "Bestway cash and carry empire snaps up Co-op high street pharmacies" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. Wright, John (January 5, 2020). "Billionaire Sir Anwar Pervez: 'In the Eighties market crash, I only lost a million pounds'" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. Midgley, Dominic (21 July 2014). "Anwar Pervez: The Billionaire cash and carry King". Express. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. Rehman, Atika (October 5, 2019). "Sir Anwar Pervez: from driving buses to billion-dollar conglomerate". DAWN.COM.
  6. "Corporate Heritage :: Bestway Group". www.bestwaygroup.co.uk.
  7. Bounds, Andrew; Barrett, Claer (18 July 2014). "Cash-and-carry group Bestway to buy Co-op pharmacies for £620m". Financial Times. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  8. "Bestway's Pervez steps back as son joins board". Thegrocer.co.uk. 2004-07-17. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  9. Midgley, Dominic. "Anwar Pervez: The Billionaire cash and carry King". Daily Express. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  10. "No. 52952". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1992. p. 11. (United Kingdom)
  11. "Honours and Awards". London Gazette. 14 September 1999. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  12. "Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez".
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