George Mwangi has the gift of the gab. He’s also ambitious, aggressive and relentless. He believes in his business acumen. For the 33-year old Verified Real Estate Limited Founder and Chief Executive Officer, pursuing his passion has been more fulfilling than conforming to what is expected of him.
This is evident. Gee, as he’s popularly known by friends, studied for a Bachelor of Commerce degree specializing in finance at the University of Nairobi. Yet, he has no passion for finance and accounting. Even after landing his first accounting job, he did not last even for a month. This is because his love is sales and outdoors.
The decision to pursue his passion has seen George work for various companies including Multichoice selling decoders and major developers as a sales manager. Notably, in most of the companies that he worked at, George had a tendency of not lasting for even a year mostly because he felt his ambitions were not in line with the aspirations of the companies.
“I want to make money, be rich,” he says unapologetically. For him, sitting in an office taking orders will not make him rich. Indeed pursuit of his ambitions made him to be quite relentless until he met his partner with whom they are building a strong brand of real estate developments under the name Amalia.
When George got a call from someone he did not know in 2017, his world took a turn in a direction that he had desired. The call came soon after he had established Verified Real Estate and it was from a renowned businessman and construction mogul who was struggling to sell housing units in a project he had developed in Ngong. Being a savvy salesman, George was able to sell the units.
The two did not go their separate ways. Instead, they formed a strong partnership and embarked on real estate developments riding on each other’s strengths. “Old money needs new talent,” observes George, adding that there is a lot of old money lacking good expertise to make it more money. “The only way for you to become a millionaire is by making the current millionaire a billionaire,” he avers.
With the complementary partnership, the two were able to deliver the first project, Amalia Gardens, which was hugely successful and set them on a road to more projects. Now on their fourth project, Amalia Paradise, George and his partner are determined to continue changing the narrative in the Kenyan real estate sector.
