Karim Abdul Hirji

Mr. Karim Abdul Hirji

All Nicknames

• Dembe

Town of birth

• Kampala

Country of birth

• Uganda

Date of Birth

• 1950/11/11

Place of longest stay

• Kampala

Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life

• Hotelier etc.

Where-City or Country

• Kampala

Family tree

Parents

Abdul Hirji

Born in 1950 Kampala

Abdul Hirji(Born in).

Karim Hirji is a businessman, hotel owner, and entrepreneur in Uganda. He is reported to be one of the wealthiest individuals in that country, with an estimated net worth of about US$100 million.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Hirji was a champion automobile race driver. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he began trading in textiles and alcoholic beverages from a shop on Luwum Street in central Kampala. His first company, Dembe Enterprises, has since expanded into the Dembe Group of Companies, a conglomerate that includes a radio station (Dembe FM), an automobile dealership, a finance and insurance business, an amusement park, and a chain of hotels under the Imperial Hotels Group. He also owns the former Uganda Commercial Bank Towers, which he renamed Cham Towers.