Chobani's CEO Wants Business To Play A "Dominant Role" In Solving The Refugee Crisis
The company's work to help the needy is drawing heat from the right wing, but CEO Hamdi Ulukaya insists businesses can benefit from doing the right thing.
The company's work to help the needy is drawing heat from the right wing, but CEO Hamdi Ulukaya insists businesses can benefit from doing the right thing.
Five years after Hamdi Ulukaya bought an abandoned yogurt plant in upstate New York, his company—Chobani—is making $1 billion in revenue. It's the kind of capitalist success story that conservatives typically love. But instead, Ulukaya has recently become the target of alt-right sites like Breitbart News, which is calling for a boycott because some of his employees are refugees.