Hamdi Ulukaya: The anti-CEO playbook
חמדי אולוקיה: חוברת ההדרכה של האנטי-מנכ"ל
Hamdi Ulukaya is a pioneer of the natural food movement and the founder of Chobani, one of the fastest-growing food companies of the last decade. Full bio
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drives of my life.
I received a flyer in the mail
yogurt plant for sale."
I picked it up and called the number.
הוצאתי אותו וחייגתי למספר.
or my life was going.
או החיים שלי הולכים.
and the smells are all familiar.
in a similar environment,
simple food, each other.
אוכל פשוט, זה את זה.
that said "Dead end."
left out in the sun.
there were cracks everywhere.
the owners thought it was worthless.
שהם כמעט חשבו שהוא חסר ערך.
to break the plant apart
show me around.
להראות לי את הסביבה.
he would point out some stories.
made cream cheese before that.
was closing on his watch.
they left for wars,
הם יצאו למלחמות,
and report cards.
wasn't just giving up on yogurt,
how these people were behaving.
closing this factory.
they don't tell you about communities.
הם לא מספרים לך על קהילות.
business decisions are made today.
after what I saw.
I called Mario, my lawyer.
התקשרתי למריו, עורך הדין שלי.
"Mario, I want to buy this place."
"מריו, אני רוצה לקנות את המקום"
in the world is closing this place,
of the yogurt business.
I really want to buy this place."
אני באמת רוצה לקנות את המקום הזה"
I had the keys for this factory.
of the original 55 people.
ארבעה מתוך 55 העובדים המקוריים.
the plant, the production guy.
are we going to do now?"
מה אנחנו הולכים לעשות עכשיו?"
as if I have the magic answer.
the walls outside."
we’ll do that,
more ideas than that."
that was the only idea I had.
to me if I told them,
and never tasted before.
it means 'shepherd' in Turkish."
זה אומר 'רועה צאן' בטורקית".
all of the 55 employees back,
and then 100 more after,
"You see that town over there?
"אתם רואים את העיר שם?
10 more local jobs will be created.
עוד עשר משרות מקומיות יווצרו.
the trucks will be all over the roads.
Little League baseball fields
ממגרשי ליגת הביסבול הטובים ביותר
Greek yogurt brand in the country."
מותג היוגורט היווני הראשון במדינה".
we never left the factory.
לא עזבנו את המפעל.
through the holidays,
who were given up on
100 times better than before.
פי מאה יותר טוב מאשר קודם.
in the company today.
I don't come from that tradition --
אני לא מגיע מהמסורת הזו --
What is this all about?
אומרים שזה קשור לכסף.
it's about shareholders.
it's factories, communities, jobs.
מפעלים, קהילות, מקומות עבודה.
שסובלים בשבילם.
goes up and up and up.
and CEOs for the last 40 years
that sees people again.
for people who take a different path
את אותו הדבר בעסקים.
and we need an anti-CEO playbook.
ואנחנו צריכים חוברת הפעלה לאנטי-מנכ"לים.
what this anti-CEO playbook is all about.
חוברת ההפעלה לאנטי מנכ"לים
היא על הכרת תודה.
for the shareholders.
עבור בעלי המניות.
I've ever heard in my life.
ששמעתי בחיים שלי.
of their employees first.
בעובדים שלהם קודם כל.
shares to all our 2,000 employees,
לכל 2000 העובדים.
some said it's a gift.
חלק אמרו שזו מתנה.
and with their hard work,
ועם העבודה הקשה שלהם,
you take care of first.
is about community.
and incentives can you give me?"
"איזה הקלות מס והטבות אתם יכולים לתת לי?"
to the struggling communities
לקהילות קשות יום
our second yogurt plant,
didn't have much incentives.
רחוקה מדי, בלי מספיק הטבות
I met with the farmers.
נפגשתי עם החוואים.
"אני רוצה לבנות את זה בדיוק כאן".
are coming up every year.
any trained workers here."
the local community college,
for advanced manufacturing.
of the largest yogurt plants in the world.
ממפעלי היוגורט הגדולים בעולם.
that you can be part of.
and succeed together.
is about responsibility.
should stay out of politics.
שהעסקים צריכים להשאר מחוץ לפוליטיקה
and looking for more people to hire,
from Southeast Asia and Africa,
someone told me.
Let's get translators."
בואו נביא מתרגמים"
it's not a rocket science."
"בואו נביא אוטובוסים, זה לא מדע חלל"
are immigrants and refugees.
הם מהגרים ופליטים.
in the best position to make a change
שנמצאים במקום הכי טוב לגרום לשינוי
in refugees, in race.
is about accountability.
היא על אחריות.
to the corporate boards.
למועצת המנהלים.
was my personal number.
היה המספר האישי שלי.
I responded personally.
אני הגבתי באופן אישי.
based on what I heard,
is in power to make changes today.
יש את היכולת לעשות שינויים, היום.
and the companies,
that are doing it right,
in our responsibility.
not to the corporate boards.
לא מועצת המנהלים.
people working for you
חדורי תשוקה שיעבדו עבורכם
playbook is all about.
לאנטי-מנכ"לים מדברת עליו
in that factory --
all across the world.
all around the world
to give them a chance again,
but build it better than before.
אלא לבנות את זה טוב יותר מבעבר.
between return on investment
in upstate New York and Idaho,
and village across the world.
ועיר וכפר מסביב לעולם
painting the walls.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Hamdi Ulukaya - Yogurt maker, humanitarianHamdi Ulukaya is a pioneer of the natural food movement and the founder of Chobani, one of the fastest-growing food companies of the last decade.
Why you should listen
Hamdi Ulukaya was raised in a dairy-farming family in a small village in eastern Turkey. He launched Chobani in 2007 with the mission and vision of making better food more accessible. In less than five years, Chobani became the number-one-selling Greek yogurt brand in the US, with more than a billion dollars in annual sales.
An advocate of reducing income and wealth inequality nationwide, Ulukaya implemented innovative profit-sharing and paid parental leave programs for Chobani's 2,000 employees. He founded the Tent Partnership for Refugees to improve the lives of more than 25 million refugees around the globe. He also signed the Giving Pledge, committing the majority of his personal wealth to the cause.
Hamdi Ulukaya | Speaker | TED.com