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{{short description|Kenyan businesswoman and airline pilot}}

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{{Infobox person
| name = Geraldine Waruguru
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1984}}
| birth_place = [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]]
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| occupation =Businesswoman, Airline pilot
| years_active = 2006–present
| nationality = Kenyan
| citizenship = Kenyan
| title = Founder, Owner & CEO of ''Scents By Geraldine Limited'' and First Officer at [[Kenya Airways]]
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'''Geraldine Waruguru''' is a Kenyan businesswoman and airline pilot. She is the founder, co-owner and chief executive officer of ''Scents by Geraldine Limited'', a perfume manufacturing business, based in [[Nairobi]]. She concurrently works as an [[aviator|airline transport pilot]], who serves as a First Officer at [[Kenya Airways]], Kenya's national carrier airline, on the [[Boeing 737]] aircraft.<ref name="1R">{{cite web|title=Pilot with a Nose For Perfumes | url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/lifestyle/fashion/Pilot-with-a-Nose-For-Perfumes/3815724-5590706-rfgj4f/index.html | newspaper=[[Business Daily Africa]] |date=11 July 2020 |author=James Kahongeh |access-date=12 July 2020 |location=Nairobi}}</ref>

==Background and education==
Waruguru was born in Kenya circa 1984. She attended Kenyan schools for her elementary and secondary education. She then went on to obtain a [[commercial pilot licence]] from the 43rd Air School, in [[Port Alfred]], [[South Africa]]. Later in 2016, she undertook a course in [[perfumery]].<ref name="2R">{{cite web|title=Women At The Cockpit: Geraldine Waruguru Gitau |newspaper=[[The Standard (Kenya)|The Kenya Standard]] |author=The Kenya Standard |date=3 January 2009 | url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/1144003136/women-at-the-cockpit |access-date=12 July 2020 | location=Nairobi}}</ref><ref name="3R">{{cite web|title=Geraldine Waruguru: Founder & CEO at Scents By Geraldine Limited |publisher=Linkedin.com | url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldine-waruguru-45175534/ | date=12 July 2020 |author=Geraldine Waruguru |access-date=12 July 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
Geraldine Waruguru began flying for Kenya Airways in 2006. After several years of research, she decided to start her own perfume line in 2016. After looking for a manufacturing partner in Germany, South Africa and the United Kingdom, she selected Scentury Company from [[Berlin]].<ref name="4R">{{cite web|
url=https://mkenyaujerumani.de/2018/02/14/love-affair-with-lingering-scents-kenyan-pilot-turned-perfumer-shares-on-producing-perfumes-in-germany-for-the-kenyan-market/ |title=Love Affair with Lingering Scents: Kenyan Pilot Turned Perfumer Shares on Producing Perfumes in Germany for the Kenyan Market |date=14 February 2020 | publisher=Mkenyaujerumani.de |access-date=12 July 2020 | author=Mkenyaujerumani |location=Berlin}}</ref>

Her first branded perfume came to market in 2017, after Geraldine spent €25,000 of her personal savings on developing the brand. She markets her fragrances online and on social media platforms. She also maintains a shop along Kenyatta Avenue, in Nairobi's [[central business district]].<ref name="4R"/><ref name="5R">{{cite web|newspaper=[[The Standard (Kenya)|The Kenya Standard]] |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001264790/the-pilot-who-fought-through-self-doubt-to-become-a-perfumer |title=Scents by Geraldine: The ins and outs of contract manufacturing |date=2 January 2018 |author=Lavinia Wanjau | access-date=12 July 2020 |location=Nairobi}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], instead of laying off her staff, she convinced them to accept half of their regular salary.<ref name="1R"/>

==Family==
Geraldine Waruguru is a mother to a son, who was born circa 2013.<ref name="1R"/>

==Other considerations==
Prior to the outbreak of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], she expected to complete her examinations to become a captain on the Boeing 737 by the end of 2020.<ref name="1R"/>

==See also==
* [[Irene Koki Mutungi]]
* [[Vanita Kayiwa]]
* [[Esther Mbabazi]]

==References==
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