The introvert CEO who thrives in an extrovert’s world

Achieng’ Butler lives a life of superlatives. She swears that the mangoes in her garden are the sweetest you will ever have. And the chicken à la Tess, named after her sister? You have not had chicken until you have had chicken à la Tess. “It’s a slice of heaven,” she says, hyperbole aside.

There is life everywhere in her garden, and talking about it seems to open a bright room in her heart. A switch flicks; her eyes light up as she mentions the sukuma, the spinach and “a random avocado tree that just keeps growing.” Has she mentioned her birds of paradise flowers? Yes, but she will gladly mention them again.