Krishnan Suthanthiran

Krishnan Suthanthiran (born 1949 in India) is an Indian American businessperson,[1] and president and founder of the Best Medical group of companies.[2] He is also a Canadian citizen.[3]

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 1983.[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]

References

  1. ↑ "Virginia Millionaire Buys Himself a Ghost Town" by Doug Struck, Washington Post Saturday, July 30, 2005
  2. ↑ "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. ↑ http://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

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