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.