Hamdi Ulukaya

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Ulukaya in 2017

Hamdi Ulukaya (* 1972 in İliç , Erzincan ) is an American entrepreneur and patron of Kurdish origin.

Life

Ulukaya grew up near the Turkish town of Erzincan . The family owned a flock of sheep and produced cheese and yogurt. In 1994 Hamdi Ulukaya came to the USA to learn English.

The yogurt he found in the United States didn't meet his expectations. He wanted to make yogurt as he knew it from his childhood. He used a loan to purchase a disused dairy in New York, state in 2005 . He called the company Chobani . In 2012, he opened the world's largest dairy in Twin Falls , Idaho . The main product is Chobani Flip , a product similar to Müller's yoghurt with the corner .

Right from the start, 10% of the profits through the Chobani Foundation were used for charity.

capital

According to the Forbes 2019 list, his net worth is approximately $ 2 billion. This puts him in 1425 on the Forbes list of the richest people in the world.

Foundations

Ulukaya has the initiative The Giving Pledge of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett connected. In this attempt, the rich of the world undertake to spend a large part of their wealth on charitable purposes during their lifetime. Ulukaya focuses on the refugee crisis. This topic is closest to him biographically. He founded the “The Tent” foundation and recruits targeted refugees in his company. Almost one in three of his employees is a refugee.

Awards

In 2013 he was named “World Entrepreneur 2013” by management consultants at Ernst & Young .

In 2015 he received the Global Leadership Award from the United Nations Foundations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ n-tv news: A boss makes his employees rich . In: n-tv.de . ( n-tv.de [accessed on April 13, 2018]).
  2. ^ "Honorary Degree Recipients: Hamdi Ulukaya, Doctor of Humane Letters" ( Memento from January 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Colgate University , 2013. Colgate.edu .
  3. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from January 31, 2016, page 30
  4. ↑ Please format literature better! ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chobanifoodservice.com
  5. ↑ Elaine Watson: It's called Chobani Flip; we think it's the future of snacking, and the next billion-dollar brand in yogurt. In: foodnavigator-usa.com. November 2, 2015, accessed July 26, 2016 .
  6. ↑ chobanifoodservice.com: Foundation ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chobanifoodservice.com
  7. ↑ Forbes.com , accessed June 10, 2019.
  8. ↑ bbc.com , accessed February 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ tent.org , accessed February 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ US Yogurt billionaire asks businesses to hire more foreign refugees. In: WND. Retrieved May 4, 2016 .
  11. ↑ ey.com , accessed February 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ UNAUSA01: Gro Brundtland & Hamdi Ulukaya: 2015 Global Leadership Awards Dinner. November 10, 2015, accessed December 4, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Ulukaya, Hamdi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and patron
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH İliç