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Dr. James Mwangi is Group CEO of Equity Group Holdings, credited with democratizing financial access, leading Equity to become an integrated financial services Group operating in 6 African countries with a client base of over 17m, and an asset base of USD 13B+. James established Equity Group Foundation to scale shared prosperity, mobilizing support of like-minded partners to commit USD 522.2M for social impact. James is an honoree of the 2021 Meaningful 100 Business designation; the 2020 Oslo Business for Peace Award; the 2007 G8 Global Vision Award citing him as “an initiator of a concept of the future that will shape the world economy”; recognized in the FT’s 2009 list of ‘Top 50 thought leaders in emerging markets’ and the ‘Top 20 most influential people in Africa’; is the holder of the 2012 EY World Entrepreneur of the Year award, and he was named one of the Bloomberg 50 in 2019.