Dr. Asif Munaf Wiki, Age, Wife, The Apprentice, Dragon’s Den
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Dr. Asif Munaf Biography – Dr. Asif Munaf Wiki
Dr. Asif Munaf is a medical doctor and fitness coach with expertise in nutrition and wellness. He is best known for his appearances on BBC’s Dragon’s Den in 2019 and The Apprentice in 2024. He is a wellness brand owner from Sheffield.
Asif proudly describes himself as “beauty, brains, body and business”. He is a former founder and director of DATE Smoothie, a line of healthy smoothies based on dates, nuts and seeds. In 2017 DATE Smoothie was voted one of the top 20 most innovative food and drinks brands by Innoveat, a UK food exhibition for the travel sector.
Asif went to Medical School at Hull York Medical School. He also did a master’s degree in Public Health at the University of York, according to his LinkedIn profile. He is one of the handful of doctors in the UK who are also qualified personal trainers. The Sheffield native worked as a team doctor for the York Football Club.
Dr. Asif Munaf Age
Dr. Asif Munaf was born in May 1988 in Sheffield to immigrant parents. He grew up in a council estate in Sheffield.
Dr. Asif Munaf Parents
Dr. Asif Munaf’s parents moved from North Pakistan to the United Kingdom in the 1970s. “My mother was a housewife and my father had ad hoc jobs but never held a full-time job,” Asif told MSA Be Inspired.
Dr. Asif Munaf Family
Dr. Asif Munaf is the eldest of six kids. He has a brother at primary school who is 22 years his junior.
Dr. Asif Munaf Wife
Dr. Asif Munaf is married to his wife, a lawyer and makeup artist. Asif and his wife founded DATE Smoothie in 2016.
Dr. Asif Munaf The Apprentice
Dr. Asif Munaf is a candidate in series 18 of The Apprentice, fronted by business tycoon Lord Sugar alongside his trusted advisors Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell MBE. He is seeking Lord Sugar’s £250,000 investment and mentorship.
A doctor with a business plan focused on healthy vitamins and supplements, Asif believes his biggest business success to date is launching a business whilst working 12-hour shifts as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asif said: “With my range of vitamins and supplements, I would make sure he [Lord Sugar] is fit, sharp and firing for at least another 20 series.”
The Apprentice 2024 candidates are Amina Khan, Asif, Flo Edwards, Foluso Falade, Jack Davies, Maura Rath, Noor Bouziane, Oliver Medforth and Onyeka Nweze. Completing the line-up are Paul Bowen, Dr. Paul Midha, Phil Turner, Rachel Woolford, Raj Chohan, Sam Saadet, Steve Darken, Tre Lowe and Virdi Singh Mazaria.
Dr. Asif Munaf Dragons’ Den
Dr. Asif Munaf appeared on Series 15 of BBC’s Dragons’ Den. He entered the Den seeking a £50,000 investment for a 10% stake in his smoothie company ‘DATE Smoothie’. He walked away without a deal after he was told by entrepreneur Touker Suleyman “you’re not a businessman”.
Dragon panel member and entrepreneur Peter Jones told Asif he would “rather” save lives by staying in his profession as a doctor before he also declared himself “out”.
The doctor considers this his biggest business fail. He told the BBC: “Dragons’ Den, D.A.T.E Smoothie. Was far too early but I learnt some great business insights from the Dragons.”
An international sensation, Dragon’s Den features entrepreneurs pitching for investment in the Den from our Dragons, five venture capitalists willing to invest their own money in exchange for equity.
Dr. Asif Munaf Nationality
The Apprentice candidate Dr. Asif Munaf is of British nationality.
Dr. Asif Munaf Ethnicity
Asif Munaf is of Pakistani ethnicity. “Ethnically, I’m from North Pakistan,” he said in a previous interview.
Asif Munaf’s Instagram handle is @drasifofficial.
