It reads like the script of an inspiring biopic, a 15-year-old boy washing dishes and cleaning tables at a local diner in the United States, struggling to make ends meet, only to return decades later as the owner of that very restaurant chain. But this isn’t fiction. This is the extraordinary story of Amol Kohli, an Indian-origin entrepreneur who has turned his life around through sheer grit and determination.

In 2003, a young Amol Kohli worked part-time at a Friendly’s restaurant in the United States. He was then a high school student, earning $5 an hour, juggling studies with long hours of cleaning, cooking, and serving customers. “There wasn’t a specific role for me," he once said in an interview, adding that he did whatever his manager asked, whether it was washing plates or taking ou

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