Abdulaziz Alsheikh: An enlightened soul set out to create an impact in the world of pharmacy

Abdulaziz Alsheikh, Founder & CEO, Spectropharma Who among us does not aspire to live a life that could have a purpose; where our dreams could be counted, our voice may be heard, and our stories may create an impact? But, in reality, most of us prefer to slip into a life of convenience where we merely follow a cycle of work, eat, sleep and repeat. But the one who always loves to think out-of-box and garner his passion and energy towards charting out a new path for himself is unmistakably the trendsetter. Abdulaziz Alsheikh, the founder-CEO of Spectropharma, is one such man who dared to sail beyond the horizon and explore the hidden treasures which created a revolution in the history of pharmaceutical business. Inspirations can come from any corner but the real credit lies in converting them into some tangible action. Abdulaziz Alsheikh at a very tender age was greatly motivated by the idea of creating something unique that never existed. The quote that sparked in him the desire to stay ahead of the curve and become an entrepreneur is, as he said, “Some men see things as they are and say why – I dream things that never were and say why not.” This impelled him to quit his secure and respectable job as a chemical engineer in the Ministry of Defence and pursue MBA. At this time, he was hired as a management trainee in the US, which allowed him to gain exposure to a huge corporate setting, where for the first time he came to know about the nitty gritty of a