Mohamed Zakir does not come from a long line of businessmen and traders in the Coast. He grew up in a small sleepy town called Samburu in Kwale, before moving to Mombasa for his education.
School was not his bag, so after secondary education he started a glass company in 1990. A few years later, together with his three brothers and brother-in-law, they started Fairdeal Group that also added furniture in their portfolio, with Fairdeal Furniture as their mothership.
