Kwaku Bediako is the Founder and Group Executive Chairman of the CH Group of Companies. Predominantly, his companies comprise of Chase Petroleum, Goldkey, Blackwell Properties etc. Under his able management, the Group has grown into one of the biggest corporations in Ghana with several subsidiaries and major investments markedly across the Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Logistics, Water & Wastewater and Agribusiness sectors.
Kwaku Bediako as a young lad, had to deal with the turbulent divorce of his parents which gravely affected him. He was irrevocably passionate about doing business to the extent that he was willing to sacrifice his academics to prove a point to his father. As a child, Mr Bediako’s father preferred that he studied science courses, however young Kwaku differed in opinion. Therefore, while studying at Mfantsipim School, he purposely underperformed, receiving E and F grades in those subjects. Coupled with this, his poor choices of friends also grossly affected his academic performance and almost drove a wedge between him and his father. Ironically enough, his perceptive father introduced him to his line of business in the oil sector, which set Kwaku Bediako’s career as a business man in motion.
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As an ardent entrepreneur and driven by his passion for identifying and developing cross-sector opportunities, he established Chase Petroleum Ghana Limited, a fast-growing Oil Trading and Bulk Distribution Company, in 1997. Through his entrepreneurial vision, the company was the first to be issued a Bulk Distributor’s License and under his leadership, Chase Petroleum is one of the recognized and leading oil companies in Ghana. With depots across Ghana in Tema, Kumasi, Buipe and Takoradi, Chase works in close partnership with storage providers such as Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST), Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and the United Storage Company (USC). With his dead-set drive in contributing his quota to the development of the country, two years later he tapped into the real estate market and established Goldkey Properties, a development and management firm that specializes in building upscale residential and commercial properties in prime locations across Accra. With an eye for aesthetics, Mr. Bediako has residential villas, apartments and commercial grade A office developments covering over 200,000 sqm for sale and rent in prime locations including Airport Residential, Cantonments, Ridge, Labone, East Legon and Abelemkpe. Currently, Goldkey has successfully developed over twenty projects to date.
