Abercrombie & Kent

Geoffrey JW Kent (Born July 14, 1942) is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Abercrombie & Kent, an international luxury travel company.

Kent is credited with introducing the first luxury photographic African Safari in 1962.

Geoffrey Kent was born while his parents, Colonel John and Valerie Kent, were on safari in Zambia.

Kent attended the Duke of York School in Nairobi, which produced many of Kenya's business and science leaders.

After attending the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, Kent saw service in countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait, and Malta. Kent's distinguished armed forces career was cut relatively short as a result of hearing damage from years spent in heavy tanks.

While serving in the British Army, he joined his parents in founding Abercrombie & Kent. Being influenced by his time in the British Military, Kent repositioned the safari experience as a "hunt with a camera, not with a gun" and introduced the first mobile tented safari's with refrigeration that made it possible to have fresh meat, fruit, vegetables and ice in the bush.

By 1967, Kent's parents retired and it was after his parents retirement that he transformed Abercrombie & Kent into a luxury travel service that provided luxury safari camps and lodges.

Kent's Luxury Cocoon style safari attracted numerous celebrities such as James Brolin, Kristin Davis, Bill Gates,John Grisham, Tom Hanks, Dr.Henry Kissinger, Goldie Hawn, Lauren Hutton, Sharon Lawrence, Liam Neeson, Rachel Ray, Diane Sawyer, Jane Seymour, Barbara Walters, Denzel Washington and Oprah Winfrey's Book Club.

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