GRIT Ed. 9 | Family Matters - Flipbook - Page 29
The Satchu Family
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Asif & Reza
Reza called and said, ‘Mom, Happy
together. Rustom could not quite
subsequently StorageNow, Canada’s
Birthday’, and I said, ‘No, it’s not my
believe it when Reza and Asif first
largest
birthday’. He said, ‘Anyway I have a
came to him with the idea, but he
Perhaps it should come as no
present for you. I got into Harvard
had faith in their conviction.
surprise that these companies were
Business School.’ I will remember
the day to the end of my life. It was a
dream come true.” Quite literally.
self
storage
company.
wildly successful, selling for over a
“We had great belief in them. I was
billion dollars.
ready to say that guys, if it doesn’t
work out, don’t worry. Don’t let it
Even after that, Reza and Asif
upset you. I’ll pick up the pieces. But
continued to grow and excel in their
Asif followed Reza to Harvard
these guys - the two of them, built it.
chosen fields of interest. Reza went
soon. In fact, Asif had only applied
It was like nothing was going to put
on to become a business leader and
to
them off.”
an educator and Asif, one of the top
Two Brothers One Big Deal
after
Harvard
Business
graduating
from
School
McGill.
Once at McGill, Reza took on the
media entrepreneurs in Hollywood.
Together,
the
brothers
built
a
responsibility of an elder brother
venture called Suppliermarket.com,
and helped Asif grow into his own.
a company aimed at creating a
It was hard not to wonder if Reza
That was perhaps what set the stage
global marketplace for buyers and
and Asif had the entrepreneurial bug
for the two to create a business
sellers of manufactured goods and
since childhood, but according to
Nature Vs Nuture
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