Krishnan Suthanthiran (born 1949) is an Indian-Canadian businessman,[1] and president and founder of the Best Medical group of companies.[2][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 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]
References edit
- ^ "Virginia Millionaire Buys Himself a Ghost Town" by Doug Struck, Washington Post Saturday, July 30, 2005
- ^ "Buyer pictures B.C. ghost town Kitsault as gas hub" by Wendy Stueck and Nathan Venderklippe, The Globe and Mail, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
- ^ One-Dozen "Now Vying for LNG Export from Canada" by Gordon Jaremko, Natural Gas Intel, January 3, 2014
- ^ [Washington Post, op.cit.]
- ^ Jang, Brent (23 September 2014). "Ghost town to boom town: B.C.'s Kitsault looks to LNG". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Bloomberg BusinessWeek Executive Profile
- ^ TeamBest corporate website
- ^ [Washington Post, op.cit.]
- ^ Best Cure Foundation website
- ^ "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