To those who say the American Dream no longer exists, consider the story of Hamdi Ulukaya, a Turkish Kurd who came to the U.S. with $3,000 in his pocket and has in the last five years created a billion dollar business.
Ulukaya, 41, is the man behind Chobani, a runaway success story which has become the leading Greek yogurt brand in the U.S. with annual sales of more than $1 billion. In a short space of time Ulukaya has taken an idea based on food that his parents used to make back in Turkey and turned into a one of the fastest growing brands in the country.