Krishnan Suthanthiran
Krishnan Suthanthiran (born 1949) recently suggested as "Canada's Worst Boss" [1], is an Indian-Canadian businessman[2] and president and founder of the Best Medical group of companies.[3][4]
He was born in India, educated in Canada, and made his fortune selling medical devices and real estate in the Washington, D.C.-area.[5]
He attended Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, and completed a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1971.[6] He took pre-medical courses at the University of Toronto, and worked for an oncologist in the U.S.[7]
In 1977, he founded health care supplies distributor Best Medical International in Springfield, Virginia.[8]
In 2005, he purchased the former company town of Kitsault, British Columbia, Canada, for US$5.7 million. The town had housed miners' families, but was abandoned in 1982. With no clear idea of what to do with the town currently. Ideas have been thrown around since 2005 of turning the town into a haven for scientific research, or possibly use the land for oil pipelines. Nearly 20 years later literally nothing has been done. [9]
In 2007, he established the Best Cure Foundation in Virginia as a non-profit entity to promote healthcare and education globally.[10]
In 2012 he was investigated for criminal transactions and money laundering following the financial trouble and closure of his company Best Medical Belgium. Leaving behind nuclear waste for the Belgium Government to dispose of. The two cyclotrons, purchased but not delivered, are now located at his Best Theratronics location in Canada.[11] [12]
In 2013, he founded the Proud American Party, a political party in the United States.[13]
In 2019 Matt Shorraw former Mayor, City of Monessen included Krish and his suspicious activity in a 3 part series. Highlighting the City of Monessen, "A Mayor’s story of exposing corruption, and searching for ways to revive a Rust Belt city in Pennsylvania." "We can only hope that there won’t be abandoned medical nuclear waste at Eastgate 8, like the property owned by Suthanthiran in Belgium." as stated by the article.[14]
In 2024 Suthanthiran's company Best Theratronics Ltd entered into a labor dispute, caused by his own neglect. In this dispute he has been accused of bargaining in bad faith, for failing to meet minimum requirements of negotiation. After a string of harshly worded emails bashing the Canadian Government and Canadian Labor Movement, he was ordered to cease any communications with his employees. [15]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.plasticstoday.com/medical/canada-s-worst-boss-might-be-medtech-oem-owner-says-trade-union
- ^ "Virginia Millionaire Buys Himself a Ghost Town" by Doug Struck, Washington Post Saturday, July 30, 2005
- ^ "Buyer pictures B.C. ghost town Kitsault as gas hub" by Wendy Stueck and Nathan Venderklippe, The Globe and Mail, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
- ^ One-Dozen "Now Vying for LNG Export from Canada" by Gordon Jaremko, Natural Gas Intel, January 3, 2014
- ^ [Washington Post, op.cit.]
- ^ Jang, Brent (23 September 2014). "Ghost town to boom town: B.C.'s Kitsault looks to LNG". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Bloomberg BusinessWeek Executive Profile
- ^ TeamBest corporate website
- ^ "Medical industry mogul aims to turn British Columbia town into a corporate retreat". 15 May 2014.
- ^ Best Cure Foundation website
- ^ "Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Summary - 37564". January 2001.
- ^ "Top 5 Civil Appeals from the Court of Appeal (June 2017) - Civil Law - Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration - Canada".
- ^ "Proud American Party plans to produce a series of full length feature films focusing on the financial crises, the role of big banks and how they victimize the American People", Business Wire, August 13, 2013
- ^ Fighting City Hall From Within: An Ongoing Series III https://mattshorraw.medium.com/fighting-city-hall-from-within-an-ongoing-series-iii-bff5acbb90b9
- ^ Fraser, David (12 July 2024). https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7260749. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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