It is said that opposites attract. Meeting Patrick Jouin, 49, and Sanjit Manku, 45, in person, one finds this to be true. There’s Jouin, the soft-spoken, pensive Frenchman who sports a short crop of hair and black-rimmed glasses that impart an academic mien. Then there’s Manku, his Kenyan-born, Canadian-raised counterpart whose long, tousled mane gives him a rebellious, rockstarlike vibe. Manku, as it turns out, is the more outgoing, outspoken one.
Despite these superficial differences, the duo is perfectly complementary. “I can be tired and starved of ideas, but then Sanjit will come, full of energy, and it will carry me,” says Jouin, evidently the yin to Manku’s yang. Returning the compliment, Manku offers: “Patrick has a subtlety, a softer voice, and a profound trust in humanity that’s really rare.…
