Anwar Pervez
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| Sir Anwar Pervez CBE |
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| Born | Mohammed Anwar Pervez 1935 (age 89–90) Gujar Khan, British India |
| Residence | London, England |
| Nationality | British & Pakistani |
| Occupation | Chairman Bestway |
| Net worth | US$1.5 billion (2011) |
| Spouse(s) | Sabiha Qasim |
| Children | Rizwan Pervez Dawood Pervez Farah Pervez |
| Relatives | Zameer Choudrey (nephew) |
Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez OBE, HI (Urdu: سر انور پرویز), (born March 1935) is a Pakistan-born British businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Bestway.
Early life
Mohammed Anwar Pervez was born in March 1935.[2]
Pervez was born in 1935 and he moved to the UK at the age of 21.[3]
Career
In 1963 he established his first convenience store in London’s Earls Court.[3] By the early seventies he had changed the company's name to Bestway and was operating ten convenience stores in and around West London.[3] In 1976, Pervez opened Bestway’s first wholesale warehouse in Acton, West London.[3] The company has since grown to a multi-billion pound enterprise, and as of 2014[update] Bestway is the second largest independent wholesaler in the UK.[4]
Honours
Pervez was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1992[5] and a Knight Bachelor in 1999.[6]
Personal life
He is married to Sabiha Qasim, and their sons Rizwan Pervez and Dawood Pervez (born February 1975)[2] are directors of Bestway.[7][8]
In 2012, their daughter Farah married Syed Abid Hussain Imam, the son of Pakistani politicians Abida Hussain and Fakhar Imam, lives in Lahore and is not involved in Bestway.[8]
References
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