Billionaire Jayesh Saini is the son of Dr. Umesh Saini, an Indian-born medical practitioner who migrated to Kenya in the 1980s and founded Nairobi West Hospital.

Billionaire Saini holds an Advanced Finance Management qualification from Oxford University.

He also has prestigious degrees from New York University and Boston University.

Billionaire Jayesh Saini has built a large, vertically integrated healthcare ecosystem designed to provide affordable medical services:

In the year 2012, Billionaire Jayesh Saini founded Bliss Healthcare, Kenya’s LARGEST network of outpatient medical centres, with over 65 clinics across 37 counties.

In the year 2017, he moved upward and founded LifeCare Hospitals to provide advanced inpatient care, with branches in Eldoret, Bungoma, Meru, Kikuyu, and Migori.

He also owns Medicross Limited, a network of outpatient facilities spread across Kenya.

His other business portfolio includes Dinlas Pharma (pharmaceuticals) and Fertility Point Kenya.

As is the case with most billionaires working in Kenya, Jayesh Saini is rogued with Legal Challenges. In late 2024, for example, Billionaire Saini was reportedly involved in legal proceedings regarding the alleged procurement of surveillance software.

Then in early 2025, reports linked his companies, Bliss Healthcare and Medical Administrators (K) Ltd (MAKL), to controversies surrounding the teachers’ medical insurance scheme and payment arrears to hospitals.

Despite these challenges, which inevitably must affect large businesses, Billionaire Jayesh Saini has received numerous awards, including the “Iconic Business Leader of the Year 2022” from Prime Insights and a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from CEO Story.

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