FW: The business magic of Sharad Ghai

 

 

Feed: Beyond the Test World
Posted on: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:54 AM
Author: Martin Williamson
Subject: The business magic of Sharad Ghai

 

Sharad Ghai: 'There was good money but I was not going to share it with busybodies' © Getty Images

This hardly needs comment. It’s about Sharad Ghai in the Nation.

“After ending his contractual obligation to pay the salaries of Kenya cricket players after the end of the shenanigans in 2006 the country’s performance has been dismal. But the indefatigable Ghai, a former Kenya table tennis international, could as well have been weaving his business magic in any other sport outside cricket.

“He has a passion for all top-flight competition -- from rugby football, swimming, volleyball and football. In a short stint, he involved himself with the national football team, Harambee Stars, hoping, then, to put the players on the same professional status as the cricketers. Familiar Kenya Football Federation lack of foresight put breaks on Ghai’s venture.”

Read on. It gets better.


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