The Profit Prophet

The Yogurt That Rewrote the Grocery Store: How Chobani Broke Every Rule and Then Broke Itself Trying to Grow Up

Episode Summary

Hamdi Ulukaya bought a dying Kraft yogurt plant in upstate New York for $700,000 and accidentally built a billion-dollar category that didn't exist. But the story of Chobani isn't really about Greek yogurt — it's about what happens when a founder's identity becomes the company's entire strategy, and whether a business built on underdog mythology can survive becoming the giant.