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Hamdi Ulukaya
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Hamdi Ulukaya | |
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 Ulukaya in 2022 | |
| Born | 26 October 1972[1] |
| Citizenship | Turkey[3] |
| Alma mater | University at Albany Ankara University |
| Occupation | Founder & CEO of Chobani |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3[5] |
Hamdi Ulukaya (born 26 October 1972) is a Turkish[6][7][8] billionaire businessman, activist and philanthropist of Kurdish ethnicity based in the United States.[8][9][10] He is the founder, owner, chairman, and chief executive officer of the strained yogurt brand Chobani. According to Forbes, his net worth as of October 2022 is US$2.1 billion.[3]
Ulukaya, a Kurd, has stated his strong commitment to Kurdish rights, citing this as a reason for leaving Turkey due to the Turkish state's oppression of its Kurdish minority.[11] He started a modest feta cheese factory in 2002 on his father's advice. His major success came when he purchased a large, defunct yogurt factory in upstate New York in 2005, located in a region with a history in the dairy and cheese industry since the mid-nineteenth century. Chobani achieved over $1 billion in annual sales in less than five years after its launch, becoming a leading yogurt brand in the U.S. by 2011.[12][13][14] Ulukaya was named the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year in 2013,[15] and Inc. magazine named him as "one of the most important entrepreneurs of the past decade" in 2019.[16] In July 2022, UN Secretary General António Guterres appointed him as an additional advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.[17]
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- ^ a b "Hamdi Ulukaya". Forbes. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ Frankel, Alison (7 April 2014). "Mud-flavored yogurt? Chobani founder, ex-wife wage ugly ownership war". Reuters Blogs. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
- ^ Schreffler, Laura (9 March 2022). "How Mon Coeur Founder Louise Ulukaya Is Making The World A Better Place". Haute Living.
- ^ Abdullahoğlu, Eren (9 April 2014). "Obama honors Turkish entrepreneur Hamdi Ulukaya". Daily Sabah. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
I had the happiest day of my life to be here as a Turkish businessman.
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- ^ Tremblay, Pinar (5 October 2015). "An immigrant himself, Chobani yogurt founder becomes icon for refugees". Al Monitor:The Pulse of the Middle East. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Interview with CNN Money". money.cnn.com. 30 January 2017.
- ^ Winograd, David. "Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya: Startups Are 'Cool' But Let's Focus On People Who 'Make Things'", Huffington Post. 18 June 2013.
- ^ "Chobani Takes Top Spot as America's #1 Selling Yogurt Brand". Reuters. 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Chobani Yogurt CEO: I Had No Business Experience". Bloomberg TV. 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Hamdi Ulukaya of Chobani named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013" Archived 11 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Ernst & Young. 9 June 2013.
- ^ Buchanan, Leigh (24 December 2019). "The Most Important Entrepreneurs of the Past Decade". Inc.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "UN Secretary-General António Guterres announces Founder and CEO of Chobani, Mr. Hamdi Ulukaya as SDG Advocate". United Nations. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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