# Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO

> Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/hamdi-ulukaya (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

New Berlin, US · Angel

# Hamdi Ulukaya

Founder and CEO at [Chobani Food Incubator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chobani-incubator)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 +2 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- **On filings** No filing names them
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Chobani Food Incubator
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

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## The firm

[**Chobani Food Incubator** Incubator · CH **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chobani-incubator)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [La Colombe Coffee Roasters](https://millionrounds.com/startup/la-colombe-coffee-roasters)

## Also at Chobani Food Incubator

- [**Tim Brown** VP, Talent *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-brown-7)
- [**Jennifer Shappley** Chief People Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jennifer-shappley)
- [**Nishant Roy** Chief Impact Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/nishant-roy)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 14 Jul 2025 · 1h 32m Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya (2022) With [Hamdi Ulukaya](https://millionrounds.com/person/hamdi-ulukaya) About this episode As a newly arrived immigrant from Turkey, Hamdi Ulukaya learned to be resourceful, determined, and even stubborn when he needed to be. All those traits would serve him well as he began to navigate the hairpin turns of building a yogurt business from the ground up. In 2005, Hamdi was running a small… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 14 Nov 2022 · 1h 34m Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya With [Hamdi Ulukaya](https://millionrounds.com/person/hamdi-ulukaya) About this episode As a newly arrived immigrant from Turkey, Hamdi Ulukaya learned to be resourceful, determined, and even stubborn when he needed to be. All those traits would serve him well as he began to navigate the hairpin turns of building a yogurt business from the ground up. In 2005, Hamdi was running a small… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 5 Apr 2022 · 35 min Chobani's secret to scale: Tap into community, w/founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya With [Hamdi Ulukaya](https://millionrounds.com/person/hamdi-ulukaya) About this episode Your local community can be the power behind an epic scale story, because smart community investment always maximizes returns. No one knows this like Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder and CEO of Chobani. He turned a small Upstate New York town into an epicenter of Greek yogurt by mobilizing a community… Listen on Apple Podcasts

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Hamdi Ulukaya in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 28 Oct 2025 · 27 min Chobani & Patagonia CEOs break down where values meet profit Mentions [Hamdi Ulukaya](https://millionrounds.com/person/hamdi-ulukaya)[Ryan Gellert](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-gellert) About this episode In these volatile times, how do we navigate the intersection between values and commerce? Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert and Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya join the New York Times’ David Gelles on stage at Masters of Scale Summit to reveal their different strategies for dealing with an activist White House,… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 2 Aug 2022 · 38 min Bonus: Five ways to burnout-proof your organization Mentions [Alexi Robichaux](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexi-robichaux)[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://millionrounds.com/person/hamdi-ulukaya)[Hayden Brown](https://millionrounds.com/person/hayden-brown)[Reshma Saujani](https://millionrounds.com/person/reshma-saujani) About this episode If you’re a leader right now navigating the global pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and your own mental list of what’s keeping you up at night, the issue of burnout is probably on your mind. You can’t shield your team from all stress, but you can find effective ways of supporting your employees… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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