9 companies owned by Ethiopian billionaire Belayneh Kindie
Billionaires Africa | 03.04.2026 00:31
Belayneh Kindie Mekonnen started with less than $1,000 in capital, trading butter and honey in the Ethiopian highlands. That was roughly three decades ago. Today, his Belayneh Kindie Group (BKG) operates 22 companies, employs thousands of workers and generates billions of birr in annual revenue across agriculture, industrial manufacturing, hospitality and transport.
