Steve Mbogo Ndwiga was born on October 29th 1986 in Mt. Elgon Hospital Kitale, the second of four children of Mr. Joseph Ndwiga and his wife, Francesca Ndwiga, and the only son.
Education
Steve Mbogo started his basic education in Kitale Academy in 1990 and ended it in Nairobi’s St.Aquinas High School in 2004 where he had gone to live with his brother James Mbogo.Mbogo graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Cairo University School of Business in 2008. After completing postgraduate studies at the London School Of Economics in 2010, he received the Samuel Morse Lane Scholarship to pursue a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at University Of South Australia(UNISA, Adelaide), graduating in 2012. He subsequently gained admission to UNISA Flying School training as a pilot and earning a Private Pilot’s License (PPL) and Commercial Pilot’s License (CPL) certificates in 2011 and 2012 respectively. In the course of his Masters studies at UNISA, he received awards from the Association of Australian Professional Pilots, the Johnson Institute of Business Administration, and the Institute for the Study of World Business. He subsequently joined the Trans Australian Airlines as a co-pilot and administrative assistant in charge of the firm’s project finance. After completing his PPL, Steve worked with Trans Australian Airlines for a year and Joined Qatar Airways in January 2013 as Business Development Manager based in Dubai.
Entreprenuer
His entrepreneurial journey started 15 years ago as a high school student in St. Aquinas Nairobi, where he sold computers to his schoolmates and friends.That small trading operation grew into the Rhezor Group of Companies, a diversified conglomerate with approximately $ 130 million in revenues, according to Steve. The Rhezor Group of Companies has operations in 4 continents with offices in over 73 countries.
The entrepreneur who has been described as Kenya’s youngest billionaire by politician Paul Kobia has built an empire spanning real estate, manufacturing, renewable energy, ICT, Insurance, Aviation and investments
Steve Mbogo owns, Chairs and Chief Executive Officer of luxury goods company Capital Flow Enterprises , a diversified conglomerate with approximately $ 130 million in revenues. The International commodities trading company, specializing in freight forwarding, has operations in 4 continents with offices in over 73 countries.
Steve owns the Della wine estate, and took part in the development of the renowned Mimosa Golf Club.
He also owns twelve 4-star Hotels across Kenya, thirty two apartment blocks in Nairobi, two insurance companies in Uganda, six Nightclubs in Nakuru, Kisumu and Nairobi, and a flight training academy in Wilson Airport, Nairobi. He jointly owns and manages two law firms and three stock brokerage companies at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
He also also serves as Non-Executive Chair of Fly 540 Airways and Youth Aviation Company Kenya and also had served as Board Chairman at Faulu Bank.
Steve also owns twelve 4-star Hotels across Kenya, thirty two apartment blocks in Nairobi, two insurance companies in Uganda, six Night clubs in Nakuru, Kisumu and Nairobi, and a flight training academy in Wilson Airport, Nairobi. He jointly owns and manages two law firms and three stockbrokerage companies at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Steve Mbogo Leadership
Mbogo is the Party of National Alliance (PONA) party leader and also the patron of Kenya Universities Student Organization (KUSO), an organisation that represents over 1,000,000 students studying in 83 Kenyan Universities, Colleges and polytechnics
Steve Mbogo Networth
Businessman Steve Mbogo is ranked by Forbes as one of the richest men under 30 in East Africa. Steve Mbogo, a Multi-Dollar Millionaire lives a flashy lifestyle that is envied by many, from hobnobbing with the who is who of this continent, dining in 7 Star hotels, jet setting, you name it.
Speaking Engagements
Steve is also a motivational speaker. He holds monthly motivational talks at Hilton Hotel, mentoring Young Kenyans and Africans on entrepreneurship, Academic excellence and moral uprightness.
• 2014, “Company Directors’ Course: Establishing Good Corporate Governance”, Training and Consultant Associates (TCA), Trainer, White sands Hotel, Mombasa, February 15-17, 2014.
• 2013, “Corporate Governance Training for the Public Procurement Oversight Authority”, Kenya School of Law’s Continuing Professional Development Programme, Trainer, Voyager Beach Resort, Mombasa, May 22, 2013.
Steve Mbogo
• 2014, “Corporate Human Rights Norms and the Clog of Limited Liability within Corporate Groups.” A paper presented at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility 7th Annual Symposium – “Sphere of Influence/Sphere of Responsibility: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights”, Oxford University, January 7, 2014.
• 2014, “Power Sharing Models in Kenya and Zimbabwe.” A paper presented at the Australian Group’s Political Circle, UNISA Metropolitan Hall, Adelaide June 10, 2014
• 2008, “Human Rights, Violence and the Elections in Kenya”, Public Lecture, Harvard Law Schools’ Human Rights Program, Pound Hall, Harvard University, January 9, 2008.
• 2013, “The Elections in Kenya: Ethnicity, Violence, and Human Rights Implications,” Public Lecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), McLaren Building, December 1 2013.
• 2014, “Corporations and Human Rights”, Lecture, School of Business, University of Texas, Houston, April 25, 2014.
• 2014, “African Development: What Role for Business?” Chair for the Legal Issues and Social Responsibility stream of the International Academy of African Business and Development conference, Egypt Institute of Management and Development, Cairo, between May 23-27, 2014.
• 2013, “Human Rights, Development and Corporate Social Responsibility”, Speaker at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs Conference, Lynne Park, Sydney, June 11, 2013.
Awards and Recognition
• Listed as one of Time’s 100 people who most affected the world in 2012
• Named as one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine.
• In February 2013, Forbes listed Steve Mbogo as one of Africa’s 20 most powerful CEOs 30 and under”.
• KEPSA’S Chandaria Trophy in 2012/2013, given for leadership of the most significant achievement in Business and Youth Empowerment. Prior recipients include Chris Kirubi and Sir Charles Njonjo
• KWS 2013 National Conservation Achievement award for his efforts in wildlife conservation through the Lewa Conservancy.
• Drum Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2013
• In March 2014, Steve Mbogo was elected to the board of trustees of the Nairobi Institute of Technology.
• In 2012, Steve Mbogo was honored as a Legendary Leader at the Churchill Club Awards of Australia.
• Steve Mbogo was the 2013 recipient of True Love magazine’s East African Ingenuity Award in the Technology category.
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