investments founded 1985 headquarters kampala uganda key people sudhir ruparelia chairman products banking horticulture insurance schools real estate hotels & resorts broadcasting slogan serving to grow and growing to serve website homepage the ruparelia group of companies commonly referred to as the ruparelia group is a privately owned conglomerate in uganda . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 subsidiary companies 4 see also 5 references 6 external links overview edit ruparelia group is mainly involved in banking foreign exchange bureaux insurance education real estate development and management floriculture broadcasting 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 . 1 history edit sudhir ruparelia was born in uganda . he moved to the united kingdom with his parents in his early teens . as a young man in england he successfully established a number of small businesses before returning to uganda in the 1980s to take advantage of improving political and business stability . 2 subsidiary companies edit the companies of ruparelia group include but are not limited to the following 3 crane bank kampala uganda 4 crane forex bureau 1 crane chambers 20 kampala road kampala crane forex bureau 2 kampala speke hotel 7 9 nile avenue kampala 5 goldstar insurance company limited kampala speke resort and conference centre munyonyo kampala munyonyo commonwealth resort munyonyo 6 kampala speke hotel kampala kabira country club bukoto kampala tourist hotel kampala dehli public international school naguru kampala speke apartments limited kampala sanyu fm 88.2 kampala kampala international school uganda 7 8 kampala parents school crane management services limited kampala meera investments limited kampala rosebud limited entebbe victoria university uganda kampala 9 in addition to the above interests in uganda the group owns commercial and real estate interests in rwanda south sudan the united kingdom and the united arab emirates . 10 see also edit list of conglomerates in uganda list of conglomerates in africa kampala capital city authority list of wealthiest people in uganda references edit nsehe mfonobong contributor 25 june 2014 . the world s billionaires 1523 sudhir ruparelia . forbes.com . retrieved 25 june 2014 . jamal vali 3 october 2012 . ugandan asians the making of ruparelia group . daily monitor . retrieved 25 june 2014 . nsehe mfonobong 26 april 2013 . africa s newest billionaire ugandan builds 1.1 billion fortune from the ground up . ventures africa.com . retrieved 25 june 2014 . stephen otage and stephen wandera 26 july 2013 . crane bank to extend operations to rwanda . daily monitor . supervised financial institutions forex bureaux . bank of uganda . retrieved 25 june 2014 . state house uganda 7 august 2012 . president yoweri museveni in hat chairing the great lakes summit at munyonyo on 7 8 2012 . statehouse.go.ug . retrieved 25 june 2014 . balagadde samuel 22 june 2009 . sudhir invests us 14 million in school . new vision . retrieved 25 june 2014 . conan businge and ssebidde kiryowa 20 july 2015 . kisu students excel in international baccalaureate exams . new vision . kampala . retrieved 20 july 2015 . conan businge and ssebide kiryowa 5 september 2013 . businessman sudhir buys victoria university . new vision . retrieved 25 june 2014 . kiryowa sebidde 24 november 2012 . sudhir richest man in east africa forbes . new vision . external links edit ruparelia group homepage ruparelia group acquires new property v t e kampala district capital kampala divisions kampala central division kawempe division lubaga division makindye division nakawa division neighborhoods banda bugoloobi bukoto busega butabika bwaise ggaba kabalagala kamwookya kansanga kaleerwe kanyanya kasubi katwe kawaala kawempe kibuli kibuye kigoowa kikaaya kisaasi kiwaatule kulambiro kololo kyambogo kyebando lubaga lungujja luzira makerere makindye mbuya mengo mpererwe mulago munyonyo muyenga naakulabye naguru najjanankumbi nakasero nakawa nakawa naguru estates namirembe namungoona namuwongo nateete ndeeba nsambya ntinda old kampala port bell wandegeya banking bank of uganda uganda deposit protection fund abc bank uganda barclays bank of uganda bank of africa uganda limited bank of baroda uganda limited bank of india uganda dfcu group cairo international bank centenary bank citibank commercial bank of africa crane bank dfcu bank diamond trust bank ecobank efc uganda limited equity bank exim bank uganda finance trust bank guaranty trust bank housing finance bank kcb bank uganda limited nc bank uganda orient bank postbank uganda stanbic bank uganda limited standard chartered uganda tropical bank united bank for africa east african development bank uganda development bank opportunity uganda limited pride microfinance limited efc uganda limited finca uganda limited ugafode microfinance limited exodus savings and credit cooperative society limited mercantile credit bank letshego microfinance uganda top finance bank uganda yako microfinance limited industry aya group cipla quality chemical industries limited fi holdings house of dawda group mukwano group kiira motors corporation media daily monitor new vision new vision group the independent uganda the observer uganda information technology africell uganda airtel uganda mtn uganda uganda communications commission uganda telecom vodafone uganda economy national housing and construction company tirupati development uganda limited insurance regulatory authority of uganda national food and drug authority national identification and registration authority national social security fund national water and sewerage corporation uganda securities exchange uganda investment authority ruparelia group kyagalanyi coffee limited brookside dairy limited jesa farm dairy limited uganda retirement benefits regulatory authority capital markets authority of uganda uganda coffee development authority roko construction transport air uganda uganda air cargo kampala airport uganda national roads authority entebbe kampala expressway kampala jinja expressway kampala jinja highway kampala entebbe road kampala gayaza road kampala bombo expressway kampala busunju expressway kampala mpigi expressway kampala masaka road kampala mityana road kampala hoima road kampala northern bypass highway kampala southern bypass highway energy umeme electricity regulatory authority uganda national oil company petroleum authority of uganda uganda electricity generation company limited uganda electricity transmission company limited uganda energy credit capitalisation company notable landmarks bulange uganda parliament buildings kampala capital city authority complex hotel africana kampala protea hotel kampala serena hotel kampala sheraton hotel imperial hotels group imperial royale hotel grand imperial hotel hotel equatoria kampala hilton hotel kampala intercontinental hotel kampala speke hotel mapeera house movement house munyonyo commonwealth resort speke resort and conference center church house east african development bank building bank of uganda building complex mengo palace banda kabaka s place namirembe cathedral rubaga cathedral makerere university main campus kampala tower kibuli mosque old kampala mosque uganda museum twed towers uganda national cultural centre kasubi tombs dfcu house pension towers jlos house project roman catholic archdiocese of kampala education aga khan university kampala cavendish university uganda habib medical school institute of petroleum studies kampala international health sciences university international university of east africa kampala international school kampala international university kampala university kibuli secondary school kitante hill secondary school kololo senior secondary school kyambogo university law development centre makerere college school makerere university makerere university business school mengo senior school nabisunsa girls secondary school rubaga community school st. augustine international university st. lawrence university uganda management institute uganda martyrs university school of medicine uganda national entrepreneurship development institute uganda technology and management university victoria university uganda uganda national council for higher education health aga khan university hospital kampala butabika hospital case medical centre international hospital kampala kadic hospital kampala hospital kampala medical chambers hospital kawempe general hospital kibuli hospital kiruddu general hospital lubaga hospital makerere university hospital mbuya military hospital mengo hospital mulago hospital mulago women s referral hospital murchison bay hospital upper mulago regional referral hospital nakasero hospital naguru general hospital nsambya hospital paragon hospital uganda cancer institute uganda heart institute uganda medical and dental practitioners council women s hospital international and fertility centre galilee community general jewish hospital of uganda international medical group notable people apolo nsibambi nasser sebaggala david serwadda fred ruhindi john ssebaana kizito bulaimu muwanga kibirige erias lukwago ian clarke jennifer musisi josephine nambooze maria kiwanuka laurence sematimba joseph kizito justinian tamusuza robert ssejjemba eugene sseppuya phillip ssozi sudhir ruparelia wasswa serwanga yusef sozi margaret zziwa beti kamya turwomwe moses matovu mohammed hamid hasmukh dawda retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ruparelia group & oldid 739030621 categories companies of ugandaconglomerate companies of ugandakampala district navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 11 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view