Three ideas drive everything I do. Distressed deals. Factory franchising. Free marketplaces.

Much like M.K. Gandhi, whose journey between South Africa and India transformed his worldview, I have spent most of my adult life between these same two places. That constant movement between Africa and Bharat — between two sets of problems, two economic realities, two ways of doing business — is what shaped everything I do today. I want to dedicate my life to cross-border activities: solving problems from an international, cross-border point of view.

I trained as a lawyer. I attended Stanford GSB. Then I found myself setting up steel towers in South Africa and pasta factories in Angola. Over 120 factory projects later, I realised that manufacturing can be franchised just like restaurants — and that idea became a book. I also do distressed deals: I help families exit businesses, I work on leveraged buyouts and cross-border acquisitions, and I navigate the complex restructuring work that sits at the intersection of law and business.

Alongside all of this, I build GAP marketplaces — free B2B directories where curated information is openly available and services are charged on top. Five are live today. There are hundreds more to build. And I write about everything I learn — in books, on Medium, on YouTube — because I am a teacher at heart.