Yami.ai LTD
Founder & DirectorMy London-based brand-scaling agency. We scale brands through social media and help businesses, franchises and creators turn engagement into revenue.
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01 / The story
Self-taught, start to finish.
"I believe every human is capable of achieving their dream, no matter how delusional, as long as they're putting in the work. It's a personal mantra I believe in and hope to prove."
— TufaylI'm the son of first-generation immigrants and the only one of my siblings born in the UK. I was born in Manchester, where a lot of asylum seekers were sent when they arrived in the country, and spent most of my life in Dagenham, East London. Money was for necessities. I had a lot of wants, so at 11 I went to the one place I knew I could earn on my own: the internet. Photoshop jobs, website design, anything computer-related I could do.
That became Yami. In my early teens I started building brands, at first with help from my brother's network.
At 15, everything changed. My parents could see I was smart and hardworking, and they moved back to our home country, Bangladesh. Suddenly I wasn't just figuring out business, I was figuring out life: budgeting, cooking, even washing dishes, which I'd been lucky enough never to really do before. My focus widened from business to life as a whole. It gave me a deeper connection to my work, because the work let me help out at home and be a pillar for my family. That year I also had £10,000 saved in my current account.
From then on I ran every side of the business myself, from the tech to the deals, and built my own network along the way. Over the years I founded, grew and sold ten ventures for $750k combined, and some of them went on to seven, eight and nine figures under their new owners.
In Year 12 I helped raise around £40,000 through charity marketing. I taught myself my A-levels in Maths, Economics and Computer Science and came out with three A*s. No tutors and no shortcuts, just figuring it out. By 18 I'd made my first six figures, officially, after costs.
Somewhere along the way I realised I was more passionate about growth itself than about any one product. In January 2025 that became Yami.ai Ltd, my agency that scales brands through social media, run with the team I've worked with since I was 18.
Most of what I make goes into supporting my family and building long-term investments. I like the safe route. I believe compounding is how most people can become millionaires by their 40s, and it's what I advocate. Nine figures by 40 is the version I say out loud. The real goal, the one my close friends and family have heard for years, is a billion by 40.
Now I document the journey. @9figsby40 is the personal side: business, lifestyle and self-improvement. @juggingforjoy is strictly financial content.
