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Aziz Fade
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Aziz Fade (born August 16, 1974) is an African entrepreneur, founder and Chief Executive Officer of International Market Place, Incorporated. * Early Life * Career * Personal Life Early Life Aziz Fade was born on August 16, 1974 in Africa, to Assetou Fade, a businesswoman (née Dramé) and Mohamed Fade, a businessman. Aziz grew up in Africa along with his siblings, being the fourth eldest out of ten. At the age of 15, Aziz was granted a visa to the United States, where he lived in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City, New York with a relative. At the age of 17, Aziz was accepetd in the State University of New York, also know as SUNY, which he attended before dropping out to start his career. Career In 1996, after leaving college, Aziz moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he opened clothing stores, but they weren't a financial success as he hoped. Aziz later opened a taxi and limousine service, where he worked long hours and extra hard, finally saving up enough to open a small international grocery in the Metro Atlanta neighborhood of College Park. He later closed his service to invest his full time to his business. After a few years, his grocery store became a financial success and he bought the building his grocery store was occupying for oer a million dollars. After purchasing the building, he named it International Market Place and rented out the extra space to different businesses, including restaurants, barber/hair salons, tax offices, ballet studios, etc... Aziz then began investing in different types of business and soon became the only African-American to own a building on Main Street in College Park, Georgia. Soon, Aziz reached his life long goal of becoming a successful businessman/entrepreneur and self-made millionaire. Personal Life Aziz is a devoted Sunni Muslim. He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his family and he is well known in his community. 
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