NSE tycoon rises to top Co-op Bank owners with stake purchase

Cooperative Bank of Kenya group managing director Gideon Muriuki at the Sarova Stanley on November 17, 2016. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Billionaire investor Baloobhai Patel has acquired 5.8 million shares of Co-op Bank, becoming the fourth-biggest individual investor in the lender with a stake valued at Sh82.7 million as at Friday market prices.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm disclosed the share purchases in February regulatory filings, with Mr Patel having accumulated the stocks from late last year.

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