1Mr. José Jacques Gustave, the Global Entrepreneur!
Mr. José Jacques Gustave (G2J) is the first entrepreneur I had the pleasure of interviewing. I say pleasure, it was more than that. We come from the same corner of the globe: the Caribbean. Needless to say, listening to him reminded me of my past, I sometimes had the scent in my nostrils and the taste in my mouth.
In fact, when it comes to travel, with G2J, I will take you to different destinations: the Caribbean, mainland France, the USA, Africa, Asia. In my opinion, G2J is more likely to be seen as a global entrepreneur, because his favorite terrain is the world, wherever he feels there is something to be done.
Like any story, it needs a beginning, and it starts in 1965, somewhere on an island in the Caribbean.
1.1. Context
G2J comes from a modest family from Martinique. Martinique for those who do not know is one of the many French islands of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. He is the fourth child of a sibling group consisting of one brother and two sisters.
1.1.1. Parents-warrior
With a driving license obtained during his time in the army (military service), his father started earning his money as his brother-in-law’s “apprentice”, a small plantation owner who had demonstrated Caribbean customary solidarity by hiring him. He was indeed a handyman. At that time in the West Indies, there was nothing extraordinary about hiring the youngest of the family. In short, it was an approach that we would readily describe today ...
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