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Indian-American Raj Mukherji Wins Local Body Polls in New Jersey
His father Asim Mukherji was an accountant who could not work because of health reasons and could not afford health coverage without employment.
From March 2012 through June 2013, Mr Mukherji served as one of the two Deputy Mayors of Jersey City, New Jersey's second largest city.
He had also founded an internet consulting and software development company while in middle school.
Following the September 11 attacks in New York, Mr Mukherji joined the U.S. Marines at age 17, where he served in military intelligence for the Marine Corps Reserve.
At 19, he co-founded a public affairs firm that he grew into the state's third-largest lobbying firm.
At age 24, Mr Mukherji was appointed the youngest Commissioner and Chairman in the history of the Jersey City Housing Authority.
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Source: PTI
