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Manu Chandaria: Billionaire with only five suits, two pairs of underwear

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Businessman Dr. Manu Chandaria gives a talk to students and innovators at USIU University in Nairobi on June 22, 2023 [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Mahatma Gadhi taught Indians to eat simple meals and dress simply, as well as doing everything possible to be self-sufficient. He was frugal and so throughout his four years at the University of Bombay, Manu went to spin the thread for handlooms for an hour every single day

He got the thread weaved together with his brothers and cousins garments which they wore until they left India for Kenya and the United States. He had three shirts, two pairs of trousers, two pairs of underwear and a pair of socks.

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