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Hamdi Ulukaya Biography

Hamdi Ulukaya (born October 26, 1972) is a Turkish businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist of Kurdish background, based in the United States. Ulukaya is the owner, founder, Chairman, and CEO of Chobani, the #1-selling strained yogurt (Greek-style) brand in the United States. As of January 2018, Ulukaya's net worth is 1.93 billion USD. On April 26, 2016, Ulukaya announced to his employees that he would be giving them 10% of the shares in Chobani.

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I love innovation, I love competing. I hate my competitors. You cannot be in the world of business when you don't have this consciousness of winning.

Consciousness, Hate, Innovation, Love, Winning, World

Shepherd. It's a very beautiful word. It represents peace. And it meant a lot to me because. . . I come from a life with shepherds and mountains and all that stuff.

Beautiful, Mountain, Shepherd, Shepherds, Very Beautiful, Word

I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.

Cheese, Company, Feta Cheese, New York, Upstate

A closed plant is like a cemetery; it really is. The walls will talk to you; the machines will talk to you if you really talk to them.

Cemetery, Machines, Plant, Wall

But as the business grows, you get more attention and then you realize that the whole world is trying to get time from you. Which is amazing. But every time you give it to the world, you give it less to what you're doing.

Attention, Give, Giving, Realize, Trying

Every small business will give you an entrepreneurial way of looking at things. I guarantee you that for every plant that closes, if you gave it to one small-business person in that community, he or she would find a way to make it work. The small-business attitude is you always find a way to make it work.

Attitude, Business, Closes, Community, Giving, Plant

Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But I think I learned from my father the unspoken business language or instincts that go back thousands of years.

Eastern, Father, Growing Up, Think, Thinking, Years

Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick exit. It is centered on long-term value creation.

Companies, Creation, Exit, Long, Manufacturing, Quick

I believe that as an entrepreneur, when you share success, it grows.

Believe, Entrepreneur, Grows, Share, Success

Fage does not make great yogurt.

Doe, Fage, Make, Yogurt