Most great stories of successful business empires in Kenya start with a brave Indian boy getting on a boat bound for Africa. Rasik Kantaria's grandfather was only 16 when he got on a ship from India in 1896.
In Kenya, he toiled with his brother in a duka in Limuru, which yielded a sawmill, charcoal, and a move to Nairobi to start a spare parts business [Empire Auto Spares] and many other businesses.
