Let us meet christopher karam. The overwhelming response he received convinced the family to go all in. Standard from one small stand in beirut, he is using his own company to market the branch. The brand. For this high flyer to tell us how he is designing the future. Karen,a christopher welcome. Good to have you with us. Christopher have happy to be with you. It was a can win sit in sand a love story that got this started. Tell us this love story. Christopher i am born to an American Mother and a lebanese father. The a scholarship. There was a civil war in lebanon that lasted 25 years and it made it difficult for him to continue his education there. A best friend of his lied on his behalf to the university of texas and he coincidently got a scholarship to go there. He moved there and my mother, out of 40,000 students fell in love with the only lebanese guy who had no money, and when he finished his education, wanted to go back home. [laughter] because he was very much a family man. ,
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It started as a way for his mother to go back to the u. S. , but the overwhelming response he received convinced the family to go all in. From one small stand in beirut, he is using his own company to market the brand and boost his success. Time now for this high flyer to join us on the singapore flyer as he tells us how he is designing the future. Haslinda Christopher Karam. Welcome to highfliers. It was a coincidence and it was a love story. Tell us your story. Christopher i am born to an American Mother and a lebanese father. The way my father ended up in United States was via scholarship. There was a civil war in lebanon that lasted 25 years and it made it difficult for him to continue his education there. A best friend of his applied on his behalf to the university of texas and he coincidently got a scholarship to go there. So he moved there and my mother, out of 40,000 students, fell in love with the only lebanese guy who had no money, and when he finished his education wanted to