Scoop -Kenyans are known to be aggressive entrepreneurs who must grab any opportunity which has presented itself.
Among the celebrated businesspersons in the country who finally bought the companies they once worked for are as follows:-
Chris Kirubi, though now diseased, Kirubi was an employee at the International House Limited. He worked as a salesman before the owners left the country. He would then turn around to buy it from them.
Carole Mandi is described by her business assocaites as a girl with both beauty and brains. She was a mere staff writer at True Love Magazine. When the owners wanted to leave the country, with her husband raised enough capital to buy it out. To date, the magazine is a big household name making the couple a lot of money every month.
Mr. David Muita who, just like the late Kirubi, was also a salesperson at the Mc Millan Publishers. He would quit the company to start his own named Moran Publishers. Later he turned around to buy out the Mc Millan in 2009.
Last but not least is tycoon James Mwangi of Equity. He started by saving Equity Bank from collapsing. Equity was a brain child of Peter Munga which started as Equity Building Society. Today, Mwangi is the leading shareholder at Equity.
The bank known to tap into the common market has several branches almost in every town in Kenya and has crossed borders to capture overseas market.
