The Ruparelia Group of Companies, commonly referred to as the Ruparelia Group, is a privately owned conglomerate in Uganda. Sudhir Ruparelia, a wealthy Ugandan businessman, is a shareholder in each of the companies in the Group.
Overview
Ruparelia Group is mainly involved in banking, foreign exchange bureaux, insurance, education, real estate development and management, floriculture, broadcasting, and hotels, and resorts. Sudhir Ruparelia, the Group's founder and chairman, is the majority shareholder in the companies that comprise the group. In November 2012, Forbes Magazine estimated his net worth at US$900 Million, making him the wealthiest individual in Uganda at the time.
History
As a young man in England, Sudhir Ruparelia successfully established a number of small businesses before returning to Uganda in the 1980s to take advantage of the improving political and business stability.
Subsidiary companies
As of April 2013, the companies of the Ruparelia Group included but were not limited to the following:
- Crane Bank - Kampala, Uganda
- Crane Forex Bureau 1 - Crane Chambers, 20 Kampala Road, Kampala
- Crane Forex Bureau 2 - Kampala Speke Hotel, 7-9 Nile Avenue, Kampala
- Crane Management Services Limited - Kampala
- Dehli Public International School-Naguru, Kampala
- Goldstar Insurance Company Limited - Kampala
- Kabira Country Club - Bukoto, Kampala
- Kampala International School Uganda
- Kampala Parents' School
- Kampala Speke Hotel - Kampala
- Meera Investments Limited - Kampala
- Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort - Munyonyo
- Rosebud Limited - Entebbe
- Sanyu FM 88.2 - Kampala
- Speke Apartments Limited - Kampala
- Speke Resort and Conference Centre - Munyonyo, Kampala
- Tourist Hotel - Kampala
- Victoria University Uganda - Kampala
- The group owns commercial and real estate interests in Rwanda, South Sudan, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates.
See also
- List of conglomerates in Uganda
- List of conglomerates in Africa
- Kampala Capital City Authority
- List of wealthiest people in Uganda
References
External links
- Ruparelia Group Homepage
- Ruparelia Group Acquires New Property
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