Chobani CEO Ulukaya Continues to Employ Refugees

"I'm from Turkey," Ulukaya stated on the show. "I know this feeling really well." When he moved to upstate New York, he learned that refugees were coming from 19 different countries into Utica. Then he opened a factory in Twin Falls, Idaho and learned the same thing was happening in that state. Despite coming into the country legally, the refugees didn't have a place to go or work, he said. They wanted to "build a life" after going through a "horrible" journey, but they couldn't without a job.  When the refugees were welcomed at the Chobani factories, they were able to create a family, make yogurt and build a life for themselves, Ulukaya said.

The world is currently experiencing the "greatest humanitarian tragedy" with 65 million people looking for some place to settle down and call home, he claimed. "The minute they get a job, that's the minute they stop being a refugee. That's the minute they start contributing to community, contributing to the company and contributing to society." (Natalie Walters, The Street)