He opened a small textile store that used to supply goods to the erstwhile rulers.

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Opening his first textile store on Kathmandu's New Road, he supplied his wares to the royal family.

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The grandson of Lebanese immigrants, Jacob, now 63, was orphaned at age 16 and inherited his father's textile store in Lins, a small town in the state of Sao Paulo.

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