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Richest Person In Kenya And Top 10 Wealthy Kenyans

Richest Person In Kenya And Top 10 Wealthy Kenyans
Richest Person In Kenya And Top 10 Wealthy Kenyans

Generating a net worth of $1.7 billion, Manu Chandaria is the richest man in Kenya. He is ย is a Kenyan businessman of Indian descent.
Along with being a senior member of the Comcraft Group of Companies, a billion dollar enterprise that has a presence in over 40 countries, he is on the boards of several prominent East African companies.

He has won several awards in East Africa and internationally in recognition of his entrepreneurial endeavours and is also a noted philanthropist.

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In 2003, Chandaria was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. In December of the same year, he was awarded the Elder of the Burning Spear by former president Mwai Kibaki, one of the highest civilian honours in Kenya. He has been hailed as โ€œone of Kenyaโ€™s leading industrialistsโ€

The Richest Man in Kenya Number 2-ย Mama Ngina Kenyattaย -$1 biilion

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We may have gone out of our article title a bit but Mama Kenyatta is worth mentioning here.

Mama Nginaโ€œ, is the former First Lady of Kenya. She is the widow of the countryโ€™s first president, Jomo Kenyatta (~1889โ€“1978), and also the mother of Presidentย Uhuru Kenyatta.

In the 1970s, she and other high-level government officials were allegedly involved in anย ivory-smuggling ringย which transported tusks out of the country in the state private airliner.

A May 1975 edition ofย New Scientistย cited her as one of Kenyaโ€™s โ€œivory queensโ€ but also asserted they could not be completely certain that these claims were true.
However,ย New Scientistย claimed that there was now documentary proof that at least one member of Kenyaโ€™s royal family had shipped over six tons of ivory to Red China.

Bhimji Depar Shah โ€“ $ 900 million

Bhimji Depar Shah, is a businessman, industrialist and entrepreneur.
He is the founder and current chair of BIDCO Group of Companies, a Kenya-based, family-owned manufacturing conglomerate with businesses in 13 African countries

The Richest Man in Kenya Number 4-Naushad Merali -$600 million

Merali is the founder of the Kenyan mobile service providerย Kencellย along with French media giantย Vivendi.
As one of Kenyaโ€™s leadingย industrialists, Merali has brought commercial development in Kenya for more than 30 years and is constantly expanding his businesses throughout East Africa.

Uhuru Kenyatta -$ 500 million

Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is a Kenyan politician, businessman, and the fourth and current President of theย Republic of Kenya.
He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) forย Gatundu Southย from 2002 to 2013. Currently, he is a member and the party leader of theย Jubilee Party of Kenya.

Chris Kirubi -$ 400 million

Christopher John Kirubiย is a Kenyan businessman, entrepreneur and industrialist. He is a director atย Centum Investment Company, a business conglomerate, in which he is the largest individual shareholder.

He chairs the following companies: DHL Expressย Kenya Limited, Haco Industries Kenya Limited, Kiruma International Limited, International House Limited, Nairobi Bottlers Limited, Sandvik East Africa Limited and ย 98.4 Capital FM.

He is also non-executive director of Bayer East Africa Limited, UAP Provincial Insurance Company Limited and Beverage Services of Kenya Limited

The Richest Man in Kenya-Peter Munga โ€“ $ $ 300 million

Peter Kahara Mungaย is a businessman and entrepreneur in Kenya, the largest economy in theย East African Community. He is the immediate past group chair of theย Equity Bank Group,ย the largest bank holding company on the African continent, by customer numbers, with over 9.2ย million customers as of 31 June 2014.

Facts by courtesy ofย GLUSEA.

Source-https://ab-tc.com/

 

Richest Person In Kenya And Top 10 Wealthy Kenyans

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