A village in Kangema, Murang’a County, Rwathia Village is home to Equity Bank chairman Peter Munga, CEO James Mwangi, investment banker.Jimnah Mbaru and Britam boss Benson Wairegi. Prominent businessmen Gerald Gikonyo, Gerishon Kirima and industrialist Chris Kirubi arealso natives of the Central Kenya village.Peter Munga

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He was born in 1943. Munga founded Equity Building Society (EBS) in his hometown of Kangema in 1984 before it became Equity Bank in August 2014.

The 73-year-old worked as an assistant secretary at the Ministry of Water before he resigned in 1993.

Munga who is currently Equity’s chairman hired CEO Mwangi as the director of finance to bring changes to EBS that was losing Sh5 Million annually.James Mwangi

He was born in 1962. He is a husband and a father to four children.

Mr Mwangi is the current Group Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Equity Group Holdings Limited.

At the age of 31, he was employed by the Chairman and the CEO of Equity Building Society (EBS), to wind up the insolvent organisation which was losing Sh5 Million yearly.

He went to the University of Nairobi and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree (BCom).Benson Wairegi

He was born in 1953. Mr Wairegi is the current Group Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of British-American Investments Company (Britam).

When he was 24 years he joined British-American as the Chief Accountant.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (BCom) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), specializing in Accounting and Finance from the University of Nairobi. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Jimnah Mbaru

Mr Mbaru is currently the chairman and chief executive at the Dyer and Blair Investment bank, where he owns a majority stake.

The 69-year-old holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (BCom) from the University of Nairobi.

Mbaru served as a civil servant in various capacities before leaving for the private sector in 1980.

After this, he set up several banks – Jimba Credit Corporation Limited, Union Bank Of Kenya Limited and the Kenya Savings & Mortgages Limited, all of which were taken over by former president Daniel arap Moi’s regime as a way to regulate the banking industry.

Chris KirubiHe was born in 1941. Mr Kirubi is a businessman, entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist. He is a Director at Centum Investment Company Limited, a business conglomerate, in which he is the largest individual shareholder.