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Welcome to the fourth month
of a readers favorite page which has featured a host of dynamic business personalities whose ideas, motivations and business acumen will have surely inspired all the budding entrepreneurs out there.
Capital warmly encourages nominations to Entrepreneurs Profile and looks forward to introducing more upwardly mobile model citizens.
 

Genet Abebe

 

RESUME


FULL NAME: Genet Abebe
TITLE COMPANY: Awraris Hotel
WHAT IT DOES: International hotel services
HQ: Bole sub-city, near St. Gabraiel
Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 40
FOUNDED: 1995
START UP CAPITAL: 8,000,000 ETB
CURRENT CAPITAL: 42,000,000 ETB
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Completed grade 10
AGE: 56
E-mail: zeebel adem@ yahoo.co.uk

 

 

Entrepreneur Profile features dynamic business personalities, fledgling
inventors and innovators, environmentally conscious industrialists and other
entrepreneurial leaders and role models. It is one of CAPITAL’s most popular
sections.

CAPITAL warmly welcomes nominations to Entrepreneur Profile and looks forward to introducing more upwardly mobile model citizens.

Write to CAPITAL EP- P.O.Box: 95 Code 1110 or e-mail at syscom@ethionet.et

REASON FOR STARTING BUSINESS:
To attain financial independence.

BIGGEST PLUS OF OWNERSHIP:
I am a hard worker and the only one who is responsible for my business.

BUSINESS STRENGTH:
Quality and appropriate service and working closely with my employees.

BIGGEST RISK:
Most of my customers are foreigners. When I started the business, the flow of tourists was slow. However, I persevered until it all became successful.

SMARTEST MOVE:
Quality service.

BIGGEST WORRY
Overall atmosphere because my customers are foreigners. If there is no peace in a given country tourists won’t come.

MOST CHALLENGING TASK:
Managing human behavior.

FIVE-YEAR PLAN
Expansion of hotels, resorts and trade activity.

FIRST CAREER:
Restaurant and bar.

MOST ADMIRED ENTREPRENEUR
Mr. Honda.

MOST INTERESTED IN MEETING
Tony Blaire.

STRESS REDUCERS
Work.

BIGGEST WEAKNESS
I have not promoted my hotel so far and I don’t have branches.

FAVORITE PASTIME
Spending time with friends.

FAVORITE BOOK
The Bible.

FAVORITE AUTOMOBILE
Honda.

By Addis Mulugeta