Syed Ahmed (; born 17 September 1974) is a British businessman He is the founder and CEO of British technology company Savortex. He was a contestant on the 2006 series of The Apprentice where he finished fifth. Background Syed was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh. When he was nine months old, he moved with his parents to the United Kingdom and was brought up in East London. Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Savortex, which specialises in energy efficient and world's first IoT (Internet of Things) connected smart and digital advertising hand dryers. Ahmed raised in excess of £1.5m to support the global expansion of Savortex which enabled him to grow the technology start-up to over 400 projects deployed globally. Ahmed initially financed the business himself. Syed has made speeches to the young business enterprise community, and the more general enterprise community in Britain and at the Cleaning Show at the London Excel Exhibition centre. The Apprentice Ahmed appeared as a candidate in series two of The Apprentice, a British reality television show hosted by Lord Alan Sugar. The series was broadcast from February to May 2006. On the show, Syed was a member of the "Invicta" team. He had won 5 out of 10 tasks. He was fired in week 10 in which he was accused of setting up unpopular activities on the Princess Ship, however claimed the expulsion was unfair and that he had contributed more than fellow contestant Ruth Badger. One of his quotes on the show was "£100,000 salary is not enough but it's a good place to start." Post Apprentice Ahmed appeared on Sky News as a paper reviewer – reviewing current and forthcoming newspapers in a celebrity panel. He also has appeared on interviews, at BBC Breakfast with candidate Jo Cameron on the BBC, and also at GMTV. He appeared on Sky One's program called The Match, where 80 celebrities take part to win a place in a celebrity football squad. A Sky One documentary (from June 2007) called, Syed Ahmed - Hot Air?, featured Ahmed attempting to launch a new company which specialised in hand and body dryers, with £20,000 of his own money, to develop in three months. The program followed the launch of the SA Vortex's hand dryer products. Charity work Syed is an ambassador for international charity WaterAid supporting projects all over the world and Bangladesh. His company Savortex has