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Ashish Thakkar, Africa’s youngest billionaire
Ashish Thakkar, Africa’s youngest billionaire
He’s only 33 years – and the Ugandan-born maverick entrepreneur has accomplished what only few attain in their lifetime. Ashish Thakkar ditched school to sell computers. Today, as Africa’s youngest billionaire he’s on the cover of magazines And that small computer trading operation snowballed into the Mara Group, a diversified conglomerate with approximately $100 million in revenues.