Bhimji Depar Shah turned a Kenyan petrol station into a $700 million Bidco empire
Billionaires Africa | 29.06.2026 20:59
Walk into almost any kitchen in East Africa and you will find a product made by a company that carries Bhimji Depar Shah's initials. Bidco, the name on the cooking oil, the soap and the margarine in millions of homes, is drawn directly from his name, Bhimji Depar Shah and Company. The Kenyan industrialist built that company from the humblest of beginnings into the dominant maker of fast-moving consumer goods in the region, and a fortune estimated at around $700 million in the process.
