GK Investment

GK Investment Holding Group SA is a Lugano-based private equity and investment firm[1] whose primary focus is in the healthcare Real Estate, Private Equity and Consultancy sector. The principal areas of investment interest are in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

GK Investment Holding Group SA
TypePrivate
IndustryAlternative Investment
Founded2015 (2015)
FoundersKamel Ghribi
HeadquartersLugano, Switzerland
Area served
Africa, Europe, and Middle East
Key people
Stefano Dedola
Francesco Sorrentino
Gavino Arrica
Websitewww.gkinvest.com/en

History

The firm was founded in 2015 by Tunisian businessman Kamel Ghribi.[2] It initially started as a trade facilitating company dealing with the export of commodities such as crude oil, condensate, cotton, phosphates, and coffee from the Middle East and Africa regions for private and public sector clients. The company undertook strategic consultancy mandates to establish industrial projects in high growth markets.

Investments

Gruppo Ospedaliero San Donato (GSD Healthcare) - private hospital group in Italy with 44 hospitals and clinics.[3] GK Investment Holding Chairman Kamel Ghribi is Vice President of GSD Healthcare in Italy and Chairman of GSD Middle East.[4] GSD is currently the largest private healthcare group in Italy with estimated revenues of over €1.7 billion.

NMC Health Bidding

In February 2020, the company confirmed that it will submit a potential bid to acquire UAE-based, $2 billion debt-ridden healthcare company NMC Health.[5][6][7][8] The founder of the NMC Health, B. R. Shetty stepped down from the board due to inaccurate reporting of his holdings.[9]

However, within a month, by March 2020, the company reiterated its stand on investing in NMC Health. It issued a statement that included an offer of only operational support to NMC Health assisting the latter in its continued delivery of healthcare services in Europe, Middle East and Asia.[10][11]

Philanthropy
  • Funding a cardio-vascular department at the Chain of Hope Pediatric Cardiac Center at the Dakar Fann University, Senegal.[12]
  • Construction of the National Institute for Cardiovascular Disease in Ibadan, Nigeria.[12]
  • Philanthropic sponsorship of numerous foundations, events, gala evenings, and fundraising for a myriad of non-profit organizations such as the CCA,[13] Global Health Pioneer Awards,[14] Middle East Mediterranean Summit,[15] Gulf Africa Decision Makers Forum, and Italian Arab Business Forum.[16]

References
  1. "Billionaire B R Shetty resigns from Abu Dhabi's ailing NMC Health". Deccan Herald. 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. "Tunisian tycoon calls for EU debt relief, harsher reforms from government | AW staff". AW. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  3. "Nahyan bin Mubarak receives delegation from GK Investment Holding". wam. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. "KKR rules out bid for hospital operator NMC Health". www.ft.com. Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  5. "NMC Health reveals KKR, GK approaches as founder Shetty steps back". Al Arabiya English. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  6. "NMC Health confirms preliminary takeover approaches from KKR, GK Investment". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  7. "KKR and GK Investment prepare bids for under-fire NMC Health". The National. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  8. Reuters, Contributor Pushkala Aripaka. "Firm backed by Italy's Gruppo San Donato could make offer for NMC". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 2020-06-22. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. Marchese, Adriano. "NMC Health confirms bid approaches from KKR & Co. and GK Investment Holding". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  10. "GKSD Investment walks away from offer for NMC Health". Reuters. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  11. Ralph, Alex. "Second bidder walks away from NMC Health". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  12. "The Key To Universal Health Coverage In Africa: Partnership Solutions > CEOWORLD magazine". CEOWORLD magazine. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  13. "Agenda ⇽ Linking Health and Economic Growth in Africa | A Business Lunch and Roundtable | Corporate Council on Africa". EventBank. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  14. "Winners of Global Health Pioneer Awards announced". wam. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  15. "Middle East Mediterranean (MEM) - Forum Programme" (PDF). Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano, Switzerland. 25–26 August 2018.
  16. "Weekly news from Italy and the Arab world - October 05, 2018". jiac.it. Retrieved 2020-06-22.


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