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Ruth Girmay

Name: Ruth Girmay

Education: MA in special need education

Company name: Shamrock Leather

Title: Owner

Founded in: 2018

What it does: Designing different kinds of leather products

HQ: Addis Ababa

Number of employees: 4

Startup Capital: 2,000,000 birr

Current capital: 2,500,000 birr

Reasons for starting the business: Loving and interest of art

Biggest perk of ownership: Having interest in the field

Biggest strength: My own ability on the field

Biggest challenging: Getting accessories and machineries and skilled human labor

Plan: Building a company that can give chance to disable persons

First career: Own a training center for special needs

Most interested in meeting: Pop Francis

Most admired person: My mother

Stress reducer: Hearing religious songs

Favorite past time: Drawing and sketching

Favorite book: Bible

Favorite destination: Assisi, Italy

Favorite automobile: Hummer

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