How Victoria Courts heirs handled business transition

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Victoria Courts CEO Rupen Shah during the interview at Victoria Homestore in Westlands, Nairobi on April 2, 2024. PHOTO | BONFACE BOGITA | NMG

Victoria Courts, the Kenyan firm that is synonymous with high-end furniture, nearly fell into the trap that keeps many family businesses from surviving to the third generation.

When it was time to hand over the business to the grandchildren in 2008, some fissures and fractures threatened the transition.

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