The family business owner's gamble that grew a Sh50bn turnover retail enterprise

Zipporah Wanjiku Kinuthia had to persuade her husband John Kinuthia of the financial sense of starting Quickmart, a supermarket, as their family had been running a bar, lodging, and butchery business in Nakuru for nearly two decades. Her husband was initially reluctant due to lower margins. Quickmart has since grown into a major retail enterprise valued at billions of shillings.