Copy Cat Founder, Patel, Dies.

(From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM)

Byline: Nation Reporter

Rajoo Patel, the iconic founder of Copy Cat, is dead. Mr Patel, 64, among the most admired Kenyan entrepreneurs in the last 30 years, died at the Aga Khan Hospital on Tuesday evening following a long illness.

A man who shunned the limelight, Mr Patel founded one of Kenya's leading office automation companies in 1983 and was its managing director and chairman till 2005, when he retired.

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Besides evolving a brand identity under its Copy Cat banner and emblematic two-cat logo, Mr Patel's stewardship saw the firm graduate from a vendor of office equipment …