Jane Wanjiru Michuki is a Kenyan

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and

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. She is the

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at ''Kimani & Michuki Advocates'', a corporate law firm based in Nairobi whose client list includes Equity Group Holdings Limited, the largest bank holding company on the

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n continent with over 9.2 million customers as of 30 June 2014. She is the largest female stockholder on the

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(NSE), with an estimated net worth of approximately US$50 million, as of November 2014, making her one of the wealthiest people in Kenya.

Education and career

She was born and raised in Kenya, the largest economy in the

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. She attended the

University of Nairobi The University of Nairobi (uonbi or UoN; ) is a college, collegiate research university based in Nairobi and is the largest List of universities and colleges in Kenya, university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution dat ...

, graduating with the degree of

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

. She also holds the postgraduate

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, obtained from the

Kenya School of Law The Kenya School of Law (KSL) is the only bar school in Kenya. After completing an undergraduate degree in law from a recognized university, students attend the Kenya School of Law to prepare for admission to the Kenyan Bar. History The Kenya ...

. Her

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was obtained from

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in the

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. She is one of two partners in the law firm of Kimani & Michuki Advocates, serving there as the

Investment portfolio

Jane Wanjiru Michuki owns shares of

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in the publicly traded companies listed below, as of November 2014. * Shares traded on

References

External links

Website of Kimani & Michuki Advocates
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Education and career

Investment portfolio

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