Adam Kamani (born June 1989) is a British businessman. He is chief executive of the Kamani Property Group and KM Capital, and co-founder of

PrettyLittleThing PrettyLittleThing is a UK-based Fast fashion, fast-fashion retailer, aimed at 16-24-year-old women. The company is owned by Boohoo.com, Boohoo Group and operates in the UK, Ireland, Australia, US, France, Middle East and North Africa. The brand ...

. Kamani grew up in

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. Kamani's grandfather, Abdullah Kamani, left Kenya in the 1960s and moved to the UK with his wife and four children. He studied at

Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Hulme () is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England,. Historically in Cheshire, it is south-west of Stockport and south-east of Manchester. It lies in the Ladybrook Valley, on the Cheshire Plain ...

school and

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. He went on to study international hospitality business at

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, but left after moving abroad. In 2012, Kamani co-founded '' Pretty Little Thing'' with his brother

Umar Kamani Umar Kamani (born 21 March 1988) is an English fashion retailer and businessman. At 24, Kamani and his brother Adam co-founded a fashion firm and online retail company selling clothing, accessories and other items to women mainly aged between 12 ...

which focused on the fashion accessories market. In 2017, Boohoo bought a majority stake in the business.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamani, Adam Living people 1989 births British businesspeople of Indian descent British people of Indian descent British people of Gujarati descent British Muslims British real estate businesspeople British retail company founders

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