© NAME: Amir Ahame

© AGE: 43

* OCCUPATION: = President,
North Shore-Kingsway
Anto Group

* RESIDENCE:
couver

* FAMILY: Wife Yasmin, two
sons

* HOBBIES: Skiing, golf

Amir Ahamed
has built up
dealership
empire in

7 short years

AMIR AHAMED is stand-

West Van-

ing in the middle of the
showroom at his North
Shore Infiniti car dealer-
ship.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

The room houses two new lux-
ury Infiniti automobiles.

He scans the scene, smiles, and
says: ‘*This is a nice showroom.”*

The 43-year-old West Van-
couver resident can afford to feel
good about his showroom and
about the success he has had in
the relatively short time he has
worked in the automobile in-
dustry.

In the seven short years Aham-
ed has been in the industry, he has
quickly risen to become one of the
major players in the highly com-
petitive business of selling cars.

As president of the North
Shore-Kingsway Auto Group,
Ahamed, along with his brother,
owns a total of seven dealerships,
including Infiniti of North Shore,
North Shore Nissan Ltd., Jubilee
Plymouth Chrysler Ltd., North
Shore Mazda, Kingsway Lexus
Toyota Inc., Kingsway Honda and
Kingswav Mazda.

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AFFLUENCE & INFLUENCE

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he driver’s seat

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

AMIR AHAMED, president of the North Shore-Kingsway Auto Group, has a lot to smile about these days with the booming success of

his seven car dealerships.

He made his first bundle while
working in the family tire business
in Kenya.

Ahamed, who tends to = shy
away froin publicity, immigrated
to Canada in 1981 and soon
found himself selling cars.

“When | immigrated to Van-
couver I was looking around for a
business to invest in. Through ac-
quainiances I knew, 1] heard about

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the availability of the North Shore
Datsun dealership as it was known
back then,’’ says Ahamed.

The dealership, which was own-
ed and operated by the Datsun

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Convert to a natural gas water
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Plus, it will help slaw the ever-
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Automobile Company (Canada),
accepted an offer from Ahamed
and allowed him to become their
dealer in North Vancouver.

That was in 1983, and the deal

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allowed Ahamed to begin building
his empire of dealerships. The
next year he set up Jubilee

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