The CEO Who’s Learning He Must Stop Fixing Everyone’s Problems

George Olaka, Country Head and CEO of ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (Arise IIP), says growing up in a village and going to boarding school at age 10 made him independent early. That independence came at a cost: he says his relationship with his parents became focused mainly on school requirements and essentials. Olaka describes having to make his own way, observing that some people have godfathers while most have God the Father. He also says mahindi choma, or roasted maize, is one way to his heart.