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Benson Wairegi is a Kenyan accountant, business executive, and entrepreneur. He was born in 1953 in Kigumo, Kenya. He is the founder and chairman of the Equity Group Holdings, a financial services provider in East Africa. He is also the chairman of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance, a business advocacy organization. Wairegi is a graduate of the University of Nairobi, where he earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Wairegi began his career in the banking sector in 1979, when he joined the National Bank of Kenya. He later moved to the Central Bank of Kenya, where he served as the Deputy Governor from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, he founded Equity Bank, which has since grown to become one of the largest financial services providers in East Africa. Wairegi has been recognized for his business acumen and leadership. In 2011, he was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for East Africa. He has also been awarded the Order of the Grand Warrior of Kenya, the highest honor bestowed by the Kenyan government.

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Occupation Accountant, Business Executive & Entrepreneur
Age 70 years old
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Birthplace Kigumo, Kenya
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1977

In 1977, at the age of 24, Benson Wairegi joined PriceWaterHouseCoopers as an audit trainee. In 1980, he went to join British-American as the Chief Accountant. In 1984, Kenyan regulators ordered all foreign-owned insurance companies to sell at least 33.3% shareholding to Kenyan nationals. Wairegi took out a KSh600,000 personal mortgage against his house and bought a 3.3% stake in Britam. He also encouraged other Kenyans to do the same. That same year, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer at the company. Over the years, his investment in Britam has grown to KSh1.7 billion (US$19 million), as at February 2014.

1953

Dr. Benson I Wairegi (born 1953) is an accountant and business executive in Kenya. He is the current Group Managing Director of Britam Holdings Plc (Britam), a financial services conglomerate headquartered in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, with subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. In Britam, he presided over the transformation of the company from a small home service insurance company, into a diversified financial services group operating in seven (7) countries, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, Mozambique and Malawi with interests in life insurance, general insurance, health insurance, retirement planning and property.