Ajaz Khowaj Quoram Ahmed, MBE (born May 1973) is a British internet entrepreneur, author and philanthropist who is best known as the co-founder and CEO of AKQA. Born and raised in Buckinghamshire, Ahmed dropped out of a business degree at the University of Bath in 1994 to start AKQA. He worked in England's "Silicon Valley" in a number of related roles from 1988 to 1994. He co-founded that firm in 1994 with designer James Hilton. In 2018, Ahmed was recognised with an MBE for 'services to media'.