Chris Kirubi is one of the richest people in Kenya with an estimated net worth of Ksh 60 billion. The billionaire has achieved a lot and failed so much that the ordinary Kenyan would sympathize with him. For your information, these are the things you didn’t know about the business mogul.
- He started his business with Ksh 1,000. In in 67 Kirubi decided to begin a side hustle.During this time he worked as an Administrator at Kenatco, a government-owned transportation company. He began buying run-down buildings in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa, renovating them and either selling the renovated structures or renting them out.The business grew in length and width,forcing him to quit his job and focus on the business.
- He is not married.Chris Kirubi cohabited with his girlfriend for years before he chased her away.Luckily,she left a daughter who is helping him manage the empire.
- Chris Kirubi has a daughter who is named as Mary-Anne Wambui Kirubi Musangi
- He loves alcohol.Kirubi has a pub in his house which is fully stocked with wine and whisky. When he is not busy out here, you’ll find him seated quietly and drinking.
- He is currently suffering from colon cancer,a disease that almost took his life.
- Chris Kirubi lost a total of 40kg in six months-this was during treatment abroad.
- The billionaire was educated by a Luo, who he later came to neglect.
- Chris Kirubi was an orphan…he lived with his relatives and well-wishers.
- He was among the first Kenyans to import Mercedes Maybach,a luxury car that cost him Ksh 40 million.
- Kirubi only smiles when the word money is mentioned or when speaking with important people.
- The billionaire has a private office at his International House building in Nairobi CBD.This is where he cuts the deals and do everything he can’t do in public.