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When Naushad Merali made Sh1.6 billion profit in an hour

Then Kencell managing director Phillipe Vanderbrouck (left) and Naushad Merali at a press conference in April 2000. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

By Kenneth Kwama

KENYA: Naushad Merali, the man regarded as Kenya’s most-suave business mind, holds the record for the biggest profit ever made in the shortest time in the country’s corporate circles.

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