Refugee set to join rich in £3bn listing of healthcare app Babylon
Health entrepreneur Ali Parsa is set to become a billionaire after Babylon, the app he founded, signed a £3billion deal to list on the US stock market.
British-Iranian Parsa, who was granted asylum in the UK after fleeing his homeland in 1981 following the Islamic Revolution, founded Babylon in 2014 as a telephone appointment service for GP surgeries.
The firm will merge with a so-called special purpose acquisition company (Spac) called Alkuri Global, giving it a listing on the US Nasdaq.
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