Tough sales job taught me delicate business of running corner office

Chintan Thacker returned to Kenya from the US in 2004 armed with a postgraduate degree in jewelry studies. He had worked in India as a diamond grader and seller for one year.

On return his father appointed him a salesman at Vivek Investments Limited which traded in kitchenware and plastics, items that were a far-cry from the precious stones the then 24-year-old was accustomed to.