Ahsan Ali Syed (born 23 April 1973) is an Indian businessman. He is the founder of Western Gulf Advisory, estimated to be worth approximately 8 billion pounds. He has an outstanding arrest warrant in Switzerland over charges of fraud and money laundering in relation to Western Gulf Advisory. He is the former owner of Racing de Santander football club in Spain, having been removed from his ownership role in April 2013 when he was deemed unfit to run the club.