| 词条 | Krishnan Suthanthiran |
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He was born in India, educated in Canada, and made his fortune selling medical devices and real estate in the Washington, D.C.-area.[4] He attended Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, and completed a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1971.[5] He took pre-medical courses at the University of Toronto, and worked for an oncologist in the U.S.[6] In 1977, he founded health care supplies distributor Best Medical International in Springfield, Virginia.[7] In 2005, he purchased the former company town of Kitsault, British Columbia, Canada, for US$5.7 million. The town had housed miners' families, but was abandoned in 1982.[8] In 2007, he established the Best Cure Foundation in Virginia as a non-profit entity to promote healthcare and education globally.[9] In 2013, he founded the Proud American Party, a political party in the United States.[10] References1. ^[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR2005072902170.html "Virginia Millionaire Buys Himself a Ghost Town" by Doug Struck, Washington Post Saturday, July 30, 2005] 2. ^[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/buyer-pictures-bc-ghost-town-kitsault-as-gas-hub/article7083699/ "Buyer pictures B.C. ghost town Kitsault as gas hub" by Wendy Stueck and Nathan Venderklippe, The Globe and Mail, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013] 3. ^One-Dozen "Now Vying for LNG Export from Canada" by Gordon Jaremko, Natural Gas Intel, January 3, 2014 4. ^[Washington Post, op.cit.] 5. ^https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/housing/the-real-estate-beat/ghost-town-to-boom-town-bcs-kitsault-looks-to-lng/article20732414/ 6. ^Bloomberg BusinessWeek Executive Profile 7. ^TeamBest corporate website 8. ^[Washington Post, op.cit.] 9. ^Best Cure Foundation website 10. ^"Proud American Party plans to produce a series of full length feature films focusing on the financial crises, the role of big banks and how they victimize the American People", Business Wire, August 13, 2013 External links
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