Mikaal Abdulla

Fintech Entrepreneur and CEO

Fintech founder and CEO. Two decades building regulated, consumer online investing products in Asia Pacific, India, the Middle East and Europe.

Currently CEO of Boom, giving individual and institutional investors access to 50,000+ global equities across 18 markets and 10 currencies in a single account. Previously co-founder and CEO of 8 Securities, Asia’s first mobile-only brokerage. Raised $40M in venture capital and built cloud-native, regulated operations across Asia.

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Product Innovation in Asian Financial Services

Mikaal Abdulla’s career has focused on making digital investing more accessible through mobile technology and new pricing and product models. Mikaal launched Asia’s very first robo-advisor, social trading platform, fractional share investing and subscription pricing model. His first startup was the first licensed consumer financial services company in Asia to run fully in the cloud.
In 2025, he executed the very first end to end stock trade by an AI agent using DeepSeek.

Experience Across International Markets

Mikaal Abdulla has lived and worked in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Dubai, Mumbai, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong.

Education and Industry Recognition

Mikaal Abdulla holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School. His work has also received recognition through TechCrunch Disrupt, AWS Top 5 Startup in Asia, and the Asia Fintech 100.

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