Context: In 1687 , Sir Josiah Child , the Chairman of the Company , succeeded in persuading King James II to issue a Royal Charter creating the Corporation of Madras to administer this new city . Persuasion must have been necessary for , until then , such an institution had not been created anywhere outside Britain and the King would have been reluctant to associate with an experiment happening so far away . But Sir Josiah did succeed and the Charter was issued on December 30 , 1687 .

Question: Why did Sir Josaiah seem so interested in getting a charter ?
Options:
0. He was a nationalist .
1. He was a man looking for a challenge .
2. He was a businessman .
3. He was a patriot .
Answer: 2