Background
He was born in India, educated in Canada, and made his fortune selling medical devices and real estate in the Washington, District of Columbia-area.
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Krishnan Suthanthiran
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He attended Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, and completed a master"s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1971.
Career
He is also a Canadian citizen. He took pre-medical courses at the University of Toronto, and worked for an oncologist in the United States.
In 1977, he founded health care supplies distributor Best Medical International in Springfield, Virginia. In 2005, he purchased the former company town of Kitsault, British Columbia, Canada, for United States$5.7 million.
The town had housed miners" families, but was abandoned in 1983.
In 2007, he established the Best Cure Foundation in Virginia as a non-profit entity to promote healthcare and education globally.
Politics
In 2013, he founded the Proud American Party, a political party in the United States.
