Mukesh Shukla’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

From Uganda 
Gender male
Birth 1962, Arua, Arua District, Uganda
Age: 58 years

Mukesh Shukla, commonly referred to as Mukesh, is a businessman, entrepreneur, and politician in Uganda. He was reported in 2012 to be one of the wealthiest individuals in Uganda.

History

He was born in 1962 in Arua, Arua District, West Nile sub-region in Uganda’s Northern Region, approximately 480 kilometres (298 mi), by road, northwest of Kampala, the country’s capital city. His father was a revenue officer with the Uganda Revenue Authority from 1959 until 1986. The family has been in the business of aluminum saucepans since 1939.

Businesses and investments

Shukla’s businesses are organized under the Shumuk Group. The individual companies include the following:

  1. A company that manufactures aluminum cooking utensils
  2. Multiple warehouses in Kampala and other Ugandan towns
  3. A milk-processing plant
  4. Commercial buildings in Kampala and other urban areas of Uganda
  5. A company that imports and sells pre-owned automobiles
  6. A money-lending business
  7. A foreign exchange bureau
  8. Several hotels in Kampala and other Ugandan locations

    Net worth

    In 2012, the New Vision newspaper estimated his net worth at approximately US$100 million.

    Political career

    In the 2016 political season, Shukla contested for the chairmanship of the ruling National Resistance Movement’s entrepreneurs league against the current incumbent, Hassan Basajjabalaba.

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