Balal Ali, now 46, is a very successful entrepreneur, running range of business from Furniture to hospitality. He has developed his businesses in last 15 years with a growth of more than 20% a year in each sector.The furniture company is mainly a manufacturer of upholstery supplying numerous high street retailers.Right after graduating from University, Balal went to build his career in IT and worked for global business like Corporate data houses, corporate banking and GlaxoSmithkline. After a few years he realised to invest his passion and effort into his own business as he always fancied having a feel for a higher level of achievement for himself. In 2003, Balal took over a very small furniture business from his father who sadly passed away, since then this business is catering nationwide customer base, including country’s large corporate investing groups, public and semi public organisations employing over 200 people in the process.Recently, realising the importance of diversifying Balal opted to go into hotels with a carefully developed strategic expansion plan in this sector too.