The Most Famous

BUSINESSPEOPLE from Kenya

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This page contains a list of the greatest Kenyan Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 1 of which were born in Kenya. This makes Kenya the birth place of the 62nd most number of Businesspeople behind Kazakhstan, and Iraq.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kenyan Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Kenyan Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Paddy Lowe (b. 1962)

With an HPI of 38.01, Paddy Lowe is the most famous Kenyan Businessperson.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Patrick Allen Lowe is the founder and CEO of the fossil-free synthetic fuel company Zero. A former motor racing engineer and computer scientist, he spent 32 years working in Formula One, serving as Chief Technical Officer at Williams Racing, Executive Director (Technical) at Mercedes Formula One team and Technical Director at McLaren. He was involved with cars that won 12 World Championships (7 Drivers', 5 Constructors') and secured 158 race wins. He left Formula One in 2019 and co-founded Zero in 2020.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Kenyan businesspeople born between 1962 and 1962. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kenyan businesspeople include Paddy Lowe.

Living Kenyan Businesspeople

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