Crossing hurdles, overcoming barriers and welcoming failures: The story of Kash Patel
Image credit: This image was originally posted to Flickr by Gage Skidmore at https://flickr.com/photos/22007612@N05/52588427378 and was reviewed and confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. It was 1901 and a whisper of opportunity led 20,000 Gujaratis to cross the vast ocean to reach the continent of Africa. Through relentless effort and entrepreneurial spirit, they sculpted their formidable business empires in Africa. In August 1972, Idi Amin grabbed power in Uganda and expelled 55,000 Indians (mostly Gujaratis) from Uganda. Stripped of their livelihoods, they embarked on a global exodus, seeking refuge in the UK, Canada, and Europe. Among this displaced multitude was the Patel family which briefly returned to India after their expulsion but soon went to Canada, and ultimately to the United States, where Kash Patel’s father took a financial job. Kash was born on February 25, 1980, in Garden City (New York). He graduated from the local Hi...