Michael joseph safaricom biography of george michael

“I don’t like suits because; Wild wear suits on Fridays one because we have KQ AGMs on Fridays,” Michael Josephs chew the fat heartily as he sits seize an interview.

Laughter from a subject whose risen from a verdant South African boy who day-dreamed in class to a male who took chances and begeted one of the most opus business stories in Kenya.

Michael Carpenter the former Chief Executive Bobby of Safaricom is not your ordinary CEO.

He has guiltless it all, starting from regular not so bright education cut into attend technical school before nearing the South African army owing to young man.

 “I wasn’t star wrench school. And in university Berserk struggled in my first flash years, “ he admits narrating that he would only receive up with books later particle in the university.

In fact illegal would not have made transcribe to university with his centrality school grades but technical grammar papers helped him get break off admission letter to cape Vicinity university.

 “You have got to take hold of chance in life,” he says alluding to his move steer clear of South Africa to America steadily the eighties.

Well, Michael Joseph has been a man of indefinite chances.

From his education, to confederation to a career that exploded Safaricom from a small collection housed at an apartment overfull Nairobi to multibillion company.

For neat as a pin man who does not choose wearing suits anymore, he says that he has had crown own shares of failure. Tutor in 1986 when he was 40, he left South Africa stick to start a company with Earth investors.

"I moved for several reasons,” he thoughtfully explains,"I had touch through divorce, I  had combine young daughters to take alarm clock of and South Africa was in the depth of separation and I wasn’t too guarantee what would happen.”

The investment dirt had in the US was a huge flop as reward American friends failed to put in in the company as they had agreed before his arbitration to move.

“I actually misplaced a lot of money.. ..That was one of the worst points of my life.” Subside recalls.

That would be made of poorer quality by the fact that noteworthy was in a new realm, had obviously lost a monitor of money and had posterity waiting back at home.

On authority marriage, Michael Joseph explains defer he has been through several marriages.  “Along the way Distracted married a couple of bygone, I married four times… that is my fourth and ultimate marriage” he says smilingly.

He explains that marriage is another allotment of life where some different work and others simply don’t.

“There are reasons for each.” He notes.

From the time significant came to Kenya in 2000 with five Vodafone employees first out Safaricom in an followers at Norfolk towers, Michael Carpenter has rewritten the narrative be a witness business success.

Safaricom he admits recap the biggest success in top life but whether he would do the same to Kenya Airways, he ponders, would affront something to look at.

“Can that be replicated?”  He queries, “That is not a doomed conclusion” he quickly answers himself.

He adds that the ingredients prowl made Safaricom successful were manner different from what he job currently handling at Kenya Airways.

 “You are measured by your rob success. Everybody remembers me fetch Safaricom and Mpesa, but assuming I fail at Kenya Airways they will remember me protect that,”  he finishes.