Trushar Khetia

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Trushar Khetia
Born (1986-11-29) 29 November 1986 (age 36)
Kitale, Kenya
NationalityKenyan
Occupation(s)Businessman and entrepreneur
Years active2013 – present
Organization(s)Tria Group of Companies
Society Stores Supermarkets
Known forBusiness Acumen
Spouse1

Trushar Khetia, is a Kenyan businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current chairman and CEO of the Tria Group of companies, including a chain of supermarkets known as Society Stores Supermarkets. [1]

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Background and education

He was born on 29 November 1986 in Kitale, in the Trans-Nzoia County of Kenya. The family owned a retail shop which has since morphed into Khetia Supermarkets. [2] He studied at a local elementary school before transferring to Nairobi schools for his O-Level and A-Level studies. At age 17, in 2004, he was admitted to Manchester Business School, graduating in 2007, with the degree of Bachelor of Business Management, specializing in marketing. [1]

Career

Following graduation from university, he found employment in the United Kingdom, as a business development manager at Procter & Gamble (P&G), working there for 3 years until 2010. In June 2011, he returned to Kenya and worked in the family business in Kitale for one year. Following disagreements with some family members regarding business direction, he decided to relocate to Nairobi and strike out on his own. In 2013, he started Tria Group, a business that specializes in advertising on transit media like buses and airplanes. He started the business in Kenya and in 2014 he opened up a similar business in Tanzania. [1]

In November 2014, using his savings from the P&G days, profits from his transit media businesses and loans from family and friends, Trushar Khetia acquired an operating supermarket in Thika, inclusive of stock. He closed the store down for ten days while re-branding and then opened his first Society Stores supermarket. [1] [2] [3] As at March 2016, Society Stores owns and operates four supermarkets in Thika, Maua, Meru and Naivasha, with plans to open in Limuru and Nairobi in 2016. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nsehe, Mfonobong (10 March 2015). "The 28 Year-Old Kenyan Entrepreneur Who Built A$7 Million Retail And Advertising Business". Forbes . Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Mulupi, Dinfin. "Society Stores: Up-and-coming Kenyan retailer wants to be 'Walmart of Africa'". Cape Town: How We Made It in Africa. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Maish, Mark (28 October 2014). "How I Made KSh7 Million in 7 Days". Nairobi: Markmaish.com. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Musa, Kurian 4 (14 December 2015). "Society stores opens retail outlet in Naivasha". The Standard . Nairobi. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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