Hamdi Ulukaya
36 statements across 3 episodes · 7 bullish · 4 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 14, 2022 by Hamdi Ulukaya · said 27 times in 11 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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2020 3 mentions in 1 episode
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Nov 14, 2022
Nov 14, 2022 neutral
Ulukaya: Kurdish Nomadic Community Lived Isolated From Modern Society
“The nomads were really isolated from the everyday life. We kind of, we were kind of people like from Mars, really. We would come to town and buy our flowers and sugars and whatever it is, and then the second we are done, we are on our horses and mules and we a…”
Nov 14, 2022 negative
Nov 14, 2022 negative
Investors Demanded Near-Majority Equity and Ulukaya's Ouster During Chobani Crisis
“A time came, and I remember the gentleman called me, and he said, here's the amount that you will get, here is the, you know, percentage of the company that you have to give away, which is what was almost majority at that time, and you will be out of the compa…”
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Ulukaya: Eye-Catching Packaging Secures Initial Trial While Quality Drives Conversion
“My view was,
I spent so much time making this yogurt and I think it's one of the best that I've made, and people will not, you know, see the difference if I put them in the same cups, so if I can catch their eye, have them to try it once, the yogurt will finis…”
Nov 14, 2022
Nov 14, 2022 neutral
Ulukaya interviewed five or six CEO candidates for Chobani
“From 2009 to 2011 i probably interviewed five maybe six candidates for ceo and every time i interview the person and i would see a dimension that would not fit chobani i would see a dimension that it would be risky i would see a dimension that it would not it …”
Nov 14, 2022
Nov 14, 2022 negative
Ulukaya reveals Chobani was nearly forced into bankruptcy after Idaho recall
“You're about to File bankruptcy. Exactly. I've never talked about this anywhere before. It wasn't that damaging. But what it is, is the banks got really nervous, and they wanted their loan to be paid back. And that loan was used to build a factory supported by…”
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Ulukaya: Father Built Small Business Selling Kurdish Nomads' Cheese in Cities
“So it didn't make it too much difference in life, but what it did is you had a reputation, people will trust you, they will value your opinion and usually you will buy all the other people's cheese, and you combine them, and you would, my father would take it …”
Nov 14, 2022 bullish
Jul 14, 2025
Ulukaya: Chobani Was One Night From Bankruptcy Before Lender Intervened
“One night before, before we filed, the banker called and said, Hamdi, we hear that you're going to do this. It's going to make us look so bad. I think they were also acting, acting really out of ordinary at that time, forcing me to do something. And he says, w…”
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025 positive
Ulukaya: Making slightly better versions of terrible existing products offers endless opportunity
“Given there were domestic feta being made here, the problem was it was horrible. Like, literally awful. Like, it was so bad. And say, okay, people are buying this stuff, so if you make it a little bit better, you know, it's endless. So, this is no-brainer.”
Jul 14, 2025
Ulukaya's father was a Turkish tribal leader who aggregated and sold cheese
“So he was Aga. So Aga means he's the leader of the tribe. And my father kind of didn't want to follow that tradition, but he was kind of natural leader. Now, because you're Aga, you don't have other things. Like, you know, we didn't have bicycles, for example.…”
Jul 14, 2025 neutral
Ulukaya: US packaging firms refused Chobani's cups, forcing Colombian sourcing
“And I found out that there is a plant in Bogota, Colombia that I went and they said, we will make it for you. We will sleeve it for you and we'll ship it for you. And I said, that was good because none of the packaging companies here would make it for me.”
Jul 14, 2025 positive
Ulukaya: Distinctive packaging catches the eye, but product quality finishes conversion
“My view was, I spent so much time making this yogurt and I think it's one of the best that I've made, and people will not, you know, see the difference if I put them in the same cups, so if I can't catch their eye, Have them to try it once, the yogurt will fin…”
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Ulukaya: Chobani interviewed five or six CEO candidates between 2009 and 2011
“The problem with the CEO things is through this journey of my, from 2009 to 2011, I probably interviewed Five, maybe six candidates for CEO. And every time I interview the person, and I would see a dimension that would not fit Chobani. I would see a dimension …”
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Jul 14, 2025 positive
Chobani hired refugees and provided translators to overcome manufacturing labor shortages
“I called the refugee center, and I said, what is the problem? And she said these are people who have a right to work, legally settled, and they don't speak the language, they don't have, you know, transportation, or people don't want to touch it because it's a…”
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
Ulukaya: Euphrates survived by securing hundreds of small regional feta distributors
“I have to go between Boston or New Hampshire or Maine to all the way down to Florida and eastwise, maybe Detroit and Chicago and find all these small distributors that would buy one or two pallets a month. I slept on the roads with the van. And meet all these …”
Jan 12, 2026 positive
Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya bought out La Colombe's initial private equity backer
“In order for that to happen, you need to take out this VC.
And he said, great, let's meet him.
And we met him, and he did.
And they had no problem with it?
They were like, sure, we'll sell.
That's fine.
Yeah, they doubled their money in a couple months.”