Wandia Gichuru

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Wandia Gichuru is the CEO and co-founder of Vivo Activewear.

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Early life and background

Wandia Gichuru was born in Montreal, Canada to a Canadian mother and a Kenyan father. [1] She is the only girl and the second born among three other siblings. [2]

Education

She studied at Kilimani Primary School and later joined Loreto Convent Msongari High School. [1] She then joined the University of Western Ontario where she graduated with a degree in Economics. [1] She also achieved a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Cape Town in 1996. [3]

Work

Before she went to study in Cape Town, she worked for Kenya Wildlife Service and Citibank. [2] After her MBA, she came back to Kenya and began as an Operations Analyst at the World Bank and later on [4] worked as an associate at JP Morgan (London), a governance adviser with the UK Department for International Development (London) and a policy adviser with the United Nations Development Programme (New York).

Wandia left employment and started a fashion company in Kenya in 2011. [2] She co-founded the company, Vivo Activewear, with Anne Marie Burugu [5] and is its CEO as of 2016. She was also an investor in the Kenya Commercial Bank Lion's Den show in seasons 1 and 2. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "WANDIA GICHURU Revolutionising the Fashion Industry - Parents Magazine Africa". Parents Magazine Africa. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  3. ↑ Writer, Eve Woman (2015-03-29). "Wandia Gichuru- Vivo Active Wear :With a great idea, business is limitless". Evewoman - Woman's World. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. ↑ "Wandia Gichuru - Kestrel Capital". Kestrel Capital. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  5. ↑ K24TV (2017-02-13), UP-CLOSE AND PERSONAL: Wandia Gichuru, Managing Director Vivo Active Wear , retrieved 2018-03-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Wandia Gichuru (2017-05-05), KCB LIONS DEN SEASON 2: MEET THE LION WANDIA GICHURU , retrieved 2018-03-05
  7. ↑ "All The Winners From The Kenya Fashion Awards 2017 - KenyanVibe". KenyanVibe. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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