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This is a list of notable Kenyan business executives.
For other Kenyans, see List of Kenyans.
For the richest Kenyans in annualized ranking by Forbes, see List of Kenyans by net worth.
To be included in this list, the named persons must have existing articles written about them on Wikipedia and are known for business. This list of famous or popular business people in Kenya is incomplete. You can help by adding more names to it.
Atul Shah. Founder and largest shareholder Nakumatt Supermarkets.[1]
Awadh Saleh Sherman
Bhimji Depar Shah. Investor. Worth about USD 700 million.[2] He is a businessman, industrialist and entrepreneur. He is also the founder and current Chairman of BIDCO Group of Companies, a Kenya-based, family-owned manufacturing conglomerate with businesses in 13 African countries. He is listed as one of the wealthiest people in Kenya.
Benson Wairegi, Group CEO at British-American Investments Company
Betty Muthoni Gikonyo, Co-Founder and Group CEO at Karen Hospital.[3]
Chris Kirubi. Largest shareholder of Centum. as of March 2018, according to Centum Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ending 31 March 2018.[4]
Donald Kaberuka Chairman of Centum Investments Kenya[5]
Dominic Kiarie, Former Group CEO, UAP Holdings
Dorcas Muthoni, An Inductee to the Internet Hall of Fame
Eddah Waceke Gachukia, Educationist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Riara Group of Schools
Eunice Njambi Mathu, Founder and editor-in-chief of Parents Africa Magazine
Gerishon Kamau Kirima, Real estate magnate
James Mwangi & Family. This is a family of Kenyan bankers. Their main businesses include investments in Equity Bank Group, as well as real estate.[6]
James Mworia. CEO Centum Investments.[7]
Jane Wanjiru Michuki, Lawyer and investor.[8]
Jimnah Mbaru, Investment Banker, Entrepreneur and Founder Chairman of African Securities Exchanges Association
John Gachora, Group CEO at NIC Bank Group
Joseph Mucheru, Former Google Sub-Saharan Africa Lead and current Cabinet Secretary for ICT in Kenya.[9]
Manu Chandaria. He invests in steel, banking, stocks, and real estate.[10]
Mubarak Muyika, Silicon-valley based Entrepreneur known for founding his first company at 16 and selling it two years later in a six figure deal.
Mugo Kibati, Group CEO of Sanlam Kenya Plc and Chairman of Lake Turkana Wind Power
Naushad Merali. His businesses include banking, hotels, dairy processing and real estate.[11]
Nelson Muguku Njoroge, Entrepreneur
Peter Munga, founder and chairman of Equity Group Holdings Limited, Eastern Africa's second largest bank by customers after C.B.E.
Philip Ndegwa, Entrepreneur and former Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya
Pius Ngugi Mbugua, Entrepreneur and owner of the Kenya Nut Company, one of the world's largest macadamia nut exporters
Samuel Kamau Macharia, founder and chairman of Royal Media Services, the largest private radio and television network in Eastern Africa
Simon Gicharu, Founder of Mount Kenya University, East and Central Africa's largest private university
Swaleh Nguru. Business investor in ranching, real estate and sisal. Worth more than a billion Kenya shillings.[12]
Tabitha Karanja, Founder and CEO of Keroche Breweries, Kenya's second largest brewery
Wanjiku Mugane Businesswoman and investment banker. Co-founder of First Africa Group which was later bought by Standard Chartered
Wilfred Kiboro, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Nation Media Group, East Africa's largest media house. Former Group CEO.
Esther Neema, Founder Dream Tribe Network Africa, Top 35 Under 35 (2020
Mathu Waithira, Entrepreneur, businessman, investor and financial trader. One of the youngest upcoming billionaire.Alot is not known about him, he is a figure of old money in the new money.
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^Dolan, Kerry A. (19 November 2014). "Africa's 50 Richest: Number 33 - Bhimji Depar Shah & Family". Forbes.com.
^Bacchini, Simone C. (3 August 2012). "Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (4th edition)2012280Edited by Bill Mallon and Jeroen Heijmans. Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (4th edition). Lanham, MD and Plymouth: Scarecrow Press 2011. xcviii+507 pp., Historical Dictionaries of Sports". Reference Reviews. 26 (6): 57–58. doi:10.1108/09504121211251989. ISBN 978-0-8108-7249-3. ISSN 0950-4125.
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^Kiogora, Dennis Mugambi (2014). "A Report on the International Conference on Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies in Africa Held at Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations, Nairobi on 8-9th October 2014". SSRN Working Paper Series. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2531600. ISSN 1556-5068.
^"Dunn, David Hedley, (born 21 Sept. 1968), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; Director, New Business, Policy and External Affairs, Arwon Capital, since 2012; Chief Executive Officer, Pendragon Investments, 2016", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u245598
^Spreen, Carol Anne (2018). From billionaires to the bottom billion: who's making education policy for the poor in emerging economies?. pp. 106–130. doi:10.4337/9781788970334.00012. ISBN 9781788970334. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^"Plans for prescribing roles need clarifying, says Scottish Pharmacy Board". The Pharmaceutical Journal. 2014. doi:10.1211/pj.2014.11137704. ISSN 2053-6186.
^Mfonobong, Nsehe (1 June 2015). "Kenya's 2nd Richest Man Sells Dairy Firm To To(sic) Kenyatta Family-Owned Business". Forbes.com.
^"Gailey, James Hamilton, (1 Dec. 1869 – 24 Aug. 1938), coffee planter, Nairobi, Kenya, since 1904", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u209798
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