Terry Mungai Biography
Terry Mungai is a renowned entrepreneur in Kenya’s beauty industry, running the Ashleys chain of high-end salon and beauty shops, a training institute and the Miss World Kenya beauty pageant.
Terry Mungai Career
In the 1990’s she purchased a salon in Nairobi and it was a ‘side business’ since she was working at a bank. She borrowed Kshs. 800000 to purchased the salon which she would repay in 2 years time using the salon income and the salary she got from the bank.
Two months later after the purchase the bank went bust and employees were sent packing. Although she was retained to help collect the banks’s outstanding debt she couldn’t pay the money she borrowed for her salon and she also had a house mortgage.
She decided to sell her salon to pay off more debts and moved to a better location in Nairobi where she started Ashleys beauty salon. She recalls when setting up her first outlet she ran out of money and even had to sell her car to complete the project.She opened Ashleys
In addition she started Ashleys Hair and Beauty Academy, mostly out of her own frustrations with the industry. At the time there were only a handful of such beauty training centres in Nairobi. Many people did not consider beauty a professional career hence there was limited expertise in the industry. She would spend months training new staff because although many had some technical skill, they lacked confidence and would get intimidated by some customers. But ironically, as her staff became more confident and mastered customer service, other salons would poach them.
She is the holder of the local franchise of the Miss World beauty pageant- Miss World Kenya. She says that they had been sponsors for two years and when they were ready to change franchise holder she was approached and she was interested.
Terry Mungai Real Estate
It delivers a full range of real estate services including Sale of property and land, letting of residential and business premises, property management and developing.
Terry is a Marketer by Profession having worked in various institutions renowned for Success in marketing namely AIico Kenya Ltd, Diners Club International and Diners Finance Ltd. She has a wealth of experience in the Marketing World.
She ventured into property development through Temus holdings. The company completed its first development in 2014, a Ksh. 210m project of 32 units compromising two and three bedroom apartments.
Terry Mungai Family
She is married and has three children Bob who is a co director at Ashleys, Brian and Shiro
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