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Hamdi Ulukaya Distributes 10%

Of Chobani Stock To Employees

Some May Become Millionaires, New York Times Reports
Hamdi Ulukaya four years ago at his New Berllin plant. (AllOTSEGO.com)
Hamdi Ulukaya four years ago at his New Berllin plant. (AllOTSEGO.com)

NEW BERLIN — The 2,000 full-time employees of the yogurt company Chobani were handed quite the surprise on Tuesday: an ownership stake that could make some of them millionaires, the New York Times is reporting.

Hamdi Ulukaya, the Turkish immigrant who founded Chobani in 2005, told workers at the company’s plant here in upstate New York that he would be giving them shares worth up to 10 percent of the company when it goes public or is sold … continue to full story

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