Jul 31, 2026 – 12.32pmNav Shah remembers spending much of his childhood sitting behind the counter of his Dad’s hardware shop in Nakaru, Kenya, watching him buy and sell tools.“I often joke that I was never really exposed to the things that most kids grow up with, like kindergarten or cartoons,” Shah says. “Watching my dad is where my curiosity for business came from.”Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles