The Standard Group Plc is a
multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper
print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key
influence in matters of national and international interest.
Villa Rosa Kempinski, one of the hotels seeing increased bookings ahead of Obama visit. [PHOTO: Beverlyne Musili/STANDARD]
The Popats interest in the business empire stretches the back to early 1930s when patriarch, Charthubhai Popat - who came to Kenya with one suitcase -opened hardware around the Nairobi Railway Station. He had ten children, the most famous being the eldest, Abdul Karim Popat.
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