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Heshan de Silva: From an alcoholic to a billionaire at 25

Heshan de Silva

By WINSLEY MASESE

NAIROBI, KENYA: About nine years ago, when he was 16, Heshan de Silva enrolled at an American university. He had left Kenya and his sheltered upbringing behind to study in a country synonymous with a host of freedoms.

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