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The Popats: From one suitcase to Villa Rosa Kempinski

The Immortals: The Popats

The Popats interest in business empire stretches back to early 1930s when patriarch, Charthubhai Popat — who came to Kenya with one suit case —opened a hardware around the Nairobi Railway Station. He had ten children the most famous being the eldest, Abdul Karim Popat.

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