Singaporean chef Benny Se Teo spent more than a decade of his young life in and out of prison for drug-related offences and rehabilitation centres because of a heroin addiction.
Beneath his tough exterior is someone who has managed to become one of the city-state's most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs.
Today, he runs Eighteen Chefs, a restaurant chain that hires ex-offenders and troubled youths, and turns over $10m (£6.4m) a year. His five restaurants employ about 140 people, nearly half of whom had difficult pasts.
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