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Ashish J Thakkar
Born
(1981-08-05) 5 August 1981 (age 42)
Leicester, United Kingdom
Nationality
British, Rwandan
Occupation(s)
Founder, Mara Group & Mara Foundation
Years active
1996 - present
Organization
Mara Corporation
Known for
Founding Mara Group
Co-founding Atlas Mara
Spouse
Krishna A. Thakkar
Children
Yagna A. Thakkar, Avadhi A. Thakkar
Parents
Jagdish Thakkar
Sarla Thakkar
Website
www.ashishjthakkar.com
Ashish J. Thakkar is a Rwandan-based entrepreneur.[1][2] He is the founder of Mara Group and Mara Foundation and also a co-founder of Atlas Mara Limited. Thakkar was born in the United Kingdom, but he moved to East Africa as a teenager before founding Mara Group, a Pan-African conglomerate, at the age of 15.[3] Mara Group's operations and investments span 22 African countries.[4] He is the author of The Lion Awakes: Adventures in Africa's Economic Miracle.
Thakkar is a member of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders,[1][5] and was included in Fortune magazine's list of the top "40 Under 40" in 2013.[6] He was awarded the Base Leadership Award at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards event.[7]Esquire named him Middle East Man of the Year in 2016.[8]
In 2015, Thakkar was appointed Chair of the United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council and in 2017, he was appointed Chair of the Presidential Youth Advisory Group at the African Development Bank
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