Hamdi ulukaya biography samples

Turkish businessman of Kurdish ethnicity (born 1972)

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 a