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Hamdi Ulukaya
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Hamdi Ulukaya

entrepreneur, chief executive officer, businessperson, philanthropist

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1972

Hamdi Ulukaya is a Turkish billionaire businessman, activist and philanthropist of Kurdish ethnicity based in the United States. He is the founder, owner, chair, and CEO of the strained yogurt brand Chobani. He is among the 200 richest people in the world, with a fortune of $14.6 billion, as of December 2025.

All Quotes by Hamdi Ulukaya

“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.”
— Hamdi Ulukaya
“A manufacturing resurgence is what will give local communities and small towns across America a fighting chance for survival. Many of today's American entrepreneurs come from those very places but make their wealth elsewhere. We need to change that.”
— Hamdi Ulukaya
“Just about anyone can make a good product, but it's the people that count. In the end, it's the employees who will take it from a kitchen-table idea to the next level. There are a lot of important things in business, but the people portion comes first.”
— Hamdi Ulukaya