At the same time, Capato owned hotels,[1] started a publishing company for postcards (see header photo), and ran a service for fitting out Big-game hunting parties.[2] In addition, "he acquired large estates in the Gezira and around Khartoum"[3] for cotton cultivation. According to Chaldeos, he leased some 6,000 hectares, which yielded 100,000 pounds of cotton in 1907.[2]