List of Kenyan entrepreneurs

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This is a list of notable Kenyan business executives.

For other Kenyans, see LisKenyans.

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.


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