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    Samish Kumar – The NRI who built a multi-million dollar business across 120 countries!

    Samish Kumar, NRI and the CEO of New York based Transfast has had a fascinating upbringing. University of Colorado educated Aeronautical Engineer, Samish Kumar - bred in America, India, and Africa, perhaps had never imagined he would own a $1.8 billion private equity funded global funds transfer company with a banking network across over 120 countries and 200,000 payout points in the Americas, Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa

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