FAmily Business Archives – CEO East Africa

MAN OF STEEL: How Steel & Tube Industries’ Joseph Yiga hot-rolled himself from an ordinary hardware retailer to a UGX427.2 bn a year steel magnate

by Muhereza KyamuteteraBillionaires CEOs Profiles The Big StoryJanuary 21, 2023January 27, 2023

The story of Steel & Tube Industries, one of Uganda’s top five steel companies and the largest indigenously owned steel maker is as fascinating as it is inspiring. His is…

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Billionaire Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, talks about semi-retirement and succession planning as Rajiv, his heir-apparent turns 30 years

by Muhereza KyamuteteraCEOs The Big Story Thought LeadershipJanuary 3, 2020January 3, 2020

Rajiv Ruparelia, the Ruparelia Group Managing Director and heir apparent to the Ruparelia Group empire of over 28 businesses, turned 30 years. At 30 years, he is probably the youngest CEO of a business empire that is now in excess of USD 1 billion (UGX3.7 trillion). In this exclusive, candid interview, billionaire Dr Sudhir Ruparelia, the group’s founder and Chairman, spoke to CEO EA Magazine’s Executive Editor, Muhereza Kyamutetera about his slow but sure road to retirement and why he chose Rajiv to take over from him. Dr Sudhir, speaking from a skiing resort in Aspen, Colorado, in the United States of America, where the family is on a skiing holiday to celebrate Rajiv’s birthday, also gives tips on how to manage intergenerational succession in family businesses.