Karim Hirji’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Ugandan businessman
Is Businessperson 
Entrepreneur 
From Uganda 
Type Business 
Gender male
Birth 11 November 1950
Age: 69 years
Star sign Scorpio
Residence Kampala, Kampala District, Central Region, Uganda

Karim Hirji is a businessman, hotel owner, and entrepreneur in Uganda. He is reported to be one of the wealthiest individuals in that country, with an estimated net worth of about US$800 million.

History

During the 1960s and 1970s, Hirji was a champion automobile race driver. During the late 1980s and early 1990s,
he began trading in textiles and alcoholic beverages from a shop on Luwum Street in central Kampala. His first company, Dembe Enterprises, has since expanded into the Dembe Group of Companies, a conglomerate that includes a radio station (Dembe FM), an automobile dealership, a finance and insurance business, an amusement park, and a chain of hotels under the Imperial Hotels Group. He also owns the former Uganda Commercial Bank Towers, which he renamed Cham Towers.

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