Jetro enjoys a near monopoly in supplying wholesale goods to small stores and restaurants in the New York City area.

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JETRO, which like most Japanese organisations seems uninterested in whether such talent is being wasted, did not bother to count how many of those million workers were women.

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Born in Swaziland, Nathan Kirsh derives his fortune from Jetro Holdings, which operates Jetro Cash and Carry stores and Restaurant Depots in the New York City area.

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Kirsh told FORBES that Jetro has a near monopoly on the business of providing small stores in the New York City area -- other wholesalers don't deem them worth the time.

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The bulk of his current fortune comes from Jetro Holdings, which operates Jetro Cash and Carry stores and Restaurant Depots in the New York City area -- supplying wholesale goods to bodegas, small stores and restaurants.

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