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Naushad N. Merali, CBS (born 1 January 1951 in Nairobi, Kenya) is the founder of the Kenyan mobile service provider ''Kencell'' along with French media giant Vivendi.〔(''Naushad Merali'' ) information at Forbes.com〕 He attended Highway Secondary School in the suburbs of Nairobi, Kenya. As one of Kenya's leading industrialists, Merali has brought commercial development in Kenya for more than 30 years and is constantly expanding his businesses throughout East Africa.〔(''Naushad M. Merali'' ) information at Changes-Challenges.org〕 His wife is Zarin Merali, who is a director for the Kenyan Paraplegic Organisation.〔(''Zarin Merali'' ) information at KenyanParalegic.com〕 She is also an interior design consultant.〔 Merali's ancestors were believed to have emigrated from the state of Gujarat in what is now known as India. His mother's maiden name is assumed to be Patel; a surname occupied by famous Indian businessmen and 33% of all American mid-sized hotel owners.〔(''Maybe he is a Patel, I hear Indian …'' ) at Kenyan Entrepreneur〕 ==Career== From the 1980s to March 2005, Merali was the director of the now-defunct W.P.H. Kenya Tea company.〔(''Report page for W.P.H. Kenya Tea 1994'' ) at Mars Group Kenya〕 In 2004, he managed to purchase 60% ownership of the business from Vivendi for $230 million.〔 Merali would transfer ownership only an hour later to Celtel for a $20 million profit.〔〔(''THE CELTEL PURCHASE OF KENCELL – THE STORY BEHIND THE DEAL'' ) at BalancingAct-Africa.com〕 While owning 5% of Bharti Airtel's Kenyan wireless phone operations, Merali spends his time steering the affairs of the Sameer Group.〔 The Sameer Group is a conglomerate of 15 Kenyan companies that range from financial services to agriculture and even information technology.〔 Three of these companies appear on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and Merali is worth $210 million as of 2 November 2011.〔 He is reported to have shares in the Commercial Bank of Africa as of 2003.〔(''Kenya: Libyan Government to Purchase Equatorial Commercial Bank'' ) at Ratio-Magazine.com〕 Merali's purchase of the Grand Regency Hotel during that year caused a lot of controversy in the Kenya area.〔 Merali also holds positions at the ''Kenya Export Promotion Council'', the ''International Who's Who of Professionals'', and the ''National Investment Council of Kenya''.〔(''Naushad Merali'' ) career information at Sameer-Group.com〕 The President of Kenya has appointed him to positions such as membership in the ''Kenya Export Promotion Council'', membership in ''The National Poverty Eradication Commission of Kenya'', and membership in ''The Presidential Committee on Employment''.〔 He appeared at the 2011 World Economic Forum in Davos as one of the African delegates along – making him one of the three Kenyan delegates.〔(List of Africa delegates at the 2011 World Economic Forum ) at ABNDigital.com〕 As of September 2011, Kenya Data Networks – one of his business ventures – is facing financial problems and the shareholders are ready to cause a shakedown in the entire management team.〔(''Merali's Midas Touch'' ) at StandardMedia.co.ke〕 These financial problems came to frutition by 2013 when Merali relinquished control of the company. In 2012, Merali invested in construction.〔(''Naushad Merali tempted by property'' ) at Africa Intelligence〕 Two of Merali's former firms, Kenya Data Networks and Swift Global are in the process of being merged into Great Britain's Liquid Telecoms as of February 2013. Many executive positions could be declared redundant as a result of this multinational merger. Both retail and wholesale services for the lower end of the consumer spectrum were provided by both of these firms as individual companies; as rival Internet service provider Safaricom already had a firm grasp on the upper end of the market.〔(''UK firm seeks regulator’s nod to merge former Merali companies'' ) at Business Daily Africa〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naushad Merali」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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