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He's from Sri Lanka, and lots of people in town say Detroit's heavy mix of hard working, entrepreneurial immigrants is what will lead it out of these tough times.
He's brought a tech company to the Detroit area, Breeze Design Studio, that makes Web sites, digital commercials and other media design.
And he's done it in a truly global way, buying the business in Sri Lanka with its 15 employees and setting up a Detroit office that employs himself, one full-time creative director, and a handful of interns and freelancers, who he says can earn $30 to $75 an hour.
It's not the tens of thousands of jobs the auto industry once brought to town, but it's a start.
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