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Hamdi Ulukaya is the founder and CEO of Chobani, one of the fastest growing food companies of the last decade. The company has annual sales of US$2billion and has become the gold…
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Not only is it your responsibility as a business to look after your people, environment, community and world.... But if you don't have these kinds of conversations? Shame on you.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
The platform of business is one of the most amazing ways to change society, but I am telling you this as someone who grew up not liking the platform.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
I give all of you permission whereby, if I change the way I behave, my beliefs, the way we are going, I give you permission to hit me in my face, you need to bring me back to reality.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
The minute they had a job, the minute they started working, that's when they lost the sense of being a refugee and became part of the community. That was the moment they started to regain their dignity and became independent.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
Today's business book says: business exists to maximize profit for the shareholders. I think that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
Silence is not an option. Businesses have an obligation to make sure their products and services meet the needs of humanity in a way that is not damaging, but healthy.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
The people who started working at Chobani... the minute they had a job, the minute they started working, that's when they lost the sense of being a refugee and became part of the community. That was the moment they started to regain their dignity and became independent.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
I give all of you permission whereby, if I change the way I behave, my beliefs, the way we are going, I give you permission to hit me in my face, you need to bring me back to reality.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
It's very clear that the sole purpose of business is not just to make money for shareholders, but actually to look after their employees, their communities and their society. Businesses play a role in society, and they have a voice which they have to use. Silence is not an option.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
Today's business book says: business exists to maximize profit for the shareholders. I think that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life.
— Hamdi UlukayaFounder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company
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