Elvis Sekyanzi
{{Short description|Ugandan businessman (born 1975)}}
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| birth_place = Uganda
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| education = London School of Electronics (BS)
| occupation = Businessman
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Elvis Sekyanzi, also known as Elvis Sekyanzi Wavamunno, is a Ugandan businessman, entrepreneur and qualified sound engineer.{{cite web | title=How I made my first million | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1113801/million | first=Ssebidde | last=Kiryowa | newspaper=New Vision | access-date=9 March 2016 | location=Kampala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112080559/http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1113801/million |archive-date=2017-01-12}} In 2012, he was reported to be one of the wealthiest Ugandans.{{cite web | first=and Ssebidde Kiryowa | url= http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/628191-the-deepest-pockets.html | title=The Deepest Pockets |date= 6 January 2012 | access-date=9 March 2016 |last= Michael Kanaabi |newspaper= New Vision |location= Kampala}}
Background and education
He was born in Uganda {{circa|1975}}. His father is Ugandan millionaire and entrepreneur Gordon Wavamunno. Sekyanzi studied sound engineering at the London School of Electronics.{{cite web | url=http://campuseye.ug/10-ugandan-billionaires-that-completed-their-university-degrees | title=10 Ugandan Billionaires That Completed Their University Degrees | access-date=9 March 2016 | date=23 June 2015 | publisher=Campuseye.ug (Campus Eye) | last=Campus Eye | location=Kampala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230124550/http://campuseye.ug/10-ugandan-billionaires-that-completed-their-university-degrees |archive-date=2017-12-30}}
Businesses and investments
Sekyanzi owns a number of entertainment-related businesses. He is also a director and manager in some of his father's companies, including WBS Television, Wavah Water, and Radio Simba. The businesses that he owns include Club Silk, a night club in the Bugoloobi suburb of Kampala, and Silk Events, an entertainment management company with branches in Uganda and neighboring Rwanda.{{cite web | access-date=9 March 2016 | date=15 September 2013 | url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27508:silk-events-pulls-out-its-best-at-8th-anniversary&catid=42:sizzling-entertainment&Itemid=74 | title=Silk Events pulls out its best at 8th anniversary | first=Abu-Baker | last=Mulumba
|newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) | location=Kampala}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1289862/elvis-sekyanzi-eur-multi-million-rwanda-deal | title=Elvis Sekyanzi's multi-million Rwanda deal | access-date=9 March 2016 | date=1 May 2010 | last=Vision Reporter | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}} He is reported to also own a Club Silk in London, United Kingdom.{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1238068/sekyanzi-club-silk-london | title=Sekyanzi opens Club Silk in London | access-date=9 March 2016 | date=21 August 2009 | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}}
Net worth
According to the New Vision newspaper, Sekyanzi had a net worth of about {{USD}}8 million in 2012.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.theinsider.ug/club-silk-owner-sekyanzi-seeks-buyers/ Club Silk Owner Sekyanzi Seeks Buyers]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:People from Kampala District