Karim Hirji is a Ugandan businessman, hotel owner and entrepreneur.
He is reported to be one of the wealthiest individuals in Uganda, with an estimated net worth of about US$800 million.
[1][citation needed] During the 1960s and 1970s, Hirji was a champion automobile racing driver.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he began trading in textiles and alcoholic beverages from a shop in central Kampala.
His first company Dembe Enterprises has since expanded into the Dembe Group of Companies, a conglomerate that includes a radio station, an automobile dealership, a finance and insurance business, an amusement park and the Imperial Hotels Group chain.