Hussain M Elius is a serial entrepreneur, and the founder of Pathao and Fin.com.
Pathao is a super-app, based out of Dhaka, with a vision of Moving Bangladesh forward. The 10+ different services in Pathao include ride-sharing, logistics, e-commerce, food delivery, payments, BNPL, and more. Started the company in 2015 from a garage in Dhaka and scaled it to 1,500+ people. By 2021, the company has raised $50m+, scaled to reach over 5mil+ users, 50,000+ drivers, over 40,000+ merchants and 10,000+ restaurants.
In 2022, Elius founded Wind. Wind was a decentralized banking replacement built on self-custodial on-chain wallets that facilitate instant, almost free, global payments. Wind raised $3.8m, acquired payments licenses in UAE and EU, and was moving $100m+/month. Wind was acquired by Fin.com (formerly River) in 2025.
Elius was born and raised in Dhaka, and completed his postgraduate degree from North South University, Bangladesh. He became a Forbes 30U30 Consumer Tech honoree in 2019.
Press:
Forbes 30 Under 30 (2019), Tatler Gen.T (2024)
Pathao: NASDAQ, Prothom Alo, TechInAsia, TechCrunch, Nikkei
Fin.com (formerly River): Yahoo Finance
IsTomorrowHartal: The Business Standard, The Daily Star
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