Amir Mansoor, established Maldivian business man, and Agnes van Linden, starting entrepreneur, met in 2008 in Male. Amir had just finished building a new safari boat and was about to sell her off to a surf operator when the two met. As a result he changed his plans and opted to run the boat together with Agnes. They changed the name into Carpe Diem and started the company Carpe Diem Maldives Pvt. Ltd. with the operation of the Carpe Diem.