SIMON GICHARU
| YEAR OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| GENDER | MALE |
| OCCUPATION | BUSINESSMAN |
Simon Gicharu is a Kenyan, currently the owner and founder of Mount Kenya University and Cape Media Limited.
Age and Early Life
He was born in 1964 in Gathiruini village, Kiambu County, Kenya. He is the first in a family of seven. He comes from humble beginnings, with parents who were peasant farmers.
During his childhood, he was forced to work in a coffee plantation to supplement his family’s domestic income.
Simon Gicharu Educational Background
Simon Gicharu attended Kiawairia Primary School but later he joined Gathiruini Secondary School, Gicharu had to walk many kilometres to and from school.
Additionally, he attended Murang’a High School where completed his O-levels.
Simon later joined Kenyatta University in 1990, graduating with a Bachelor of Education Science, majoring in Mathematics and Chemistry. Later he Jomo Kenyatta University for further Studies.
Career Background
Dr. Gicharu has worked as a lecturer at Thika Technical Training Institute. In 1995, he earned a British Council scholarship to study Managing Enterprise Development at Cranfield University, Britain.
He established the Kenya Entrepreneurship Promotion Programme (KEPP), which provided micro-loans and training to young entrepreneurs.
Gicharu is the founder of Equip Africa Institute and patron of the Graduate Enterprise Academy. He is also a board member at Thika Water and Sewerage Company, and the patron of Inter Universities Rover Moot under the Kenya Scouts Association.
Simon authored Kenya’s first post-secondary school book on Mathematics, Applied Mathematics for Craft Engineering.
In 2008, the Institute was awarded a Letter of Interim Authority by the Commission for University Education in Kenya, to operate as an independent university.
Gicharu is also the Chairman of the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation and the National Private Universities Owners Association of Kenya.
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Family
Simon Gicharu is married with three children.
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Net Worth
Although his net worth is not publicly disclosed, Gicharu owns multi-billion businesses in the country.
Gicharu founded Mt Kenya University and Equip Africa Institute, and he has invested in the media industry owning TV47 and Radio 47.
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