Abdullah Al Mamun was born in 1972. He was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also known as Alex Marvin. After completing his school education he moved to Ankara, Turkey for higher education where he completed a BSc. in Economics from Orta Dogu Teknik University. He lived in Turkey for nine years and fell in love with their culture and food. He then moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2001 for his post-graduate education. He completed his Master of Business in Professional Accounting degree in 2002. After completing his master's degree he lived five years in Melbourne. He started living in Sydney in 2011. He is a happily married man with one daughter.