Ben Hakimian, Hakimian Holdings: Challenge of smart growth | Jax Daily Record | Jacksonville Daily Record
Finalist, $15 million and up | 2020 Revenue: $17.5 million Ben Hakimian came to the U.S. from Iran in 1977 with hopes of earning a mechanical engineering degree and a job in the field back home. After completing his studies at the University of Nebraska, Hakimian said he thought he would have an engineering job in Iran “once I landed at the airport.” Ben Hakimian First product or service you sold: A car. Business strategy in brief: Help people get what they want, and you will get what you want. Best business lesson: Get in the business where when you sleep, you make money.
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