Hamdi Ulukaya
$14.7B
Born
Oct 26, 1972
Age
53
Source of Wealth
Greek yogurt
Residence
Norwich, New York
Citizenship
Turkey
Marital Status
Married
Children
0
Education
Master of Business Administration, SUNY Albany
- Hamdi Ulukaya, known as the yogurt king, is the founder of America's most popular Greek yogurt brand, Chobani.
- Ulukaya grew up in a Kurdish dairy-farming family in Turkey and raised sheep. He eventually left to study political science at Ankara University.
- He immigrated to the U.S. in 1994 to study English in upstate New York, an area that reminded him of the small farming villages in Eastern Turkey.
- With a loan from the Small Business Administration, he bought an old yogurt plant there in 2005 and developed a recipe inspired by his heritage.
- He started selling his yogurt in 2007; in 2023, Chobani pulled in more than $2 billion in sales.
- In January 2018, Ulukaya married Louise Vongerichten, daughter of world-renowned French chef Jean Georges Vongerichten. The couple welcomed a son later that year.
- Refugees and immigrants, who make up 30% Chobani's workforce, are offered English language classes as well as translators in up to 11 languages.
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