With hard work, a little luck, and a willingness to take risks, two brothers from India have a built a multi-million dollar franchise business in less than five years. Paramijit Josan grew up in northwestern India, known as the Punjab, which is famous for its abundant agriculture. Paramijit’s father was a teacher, but he was also […]
Millionaire Immigrant entrepreneurs from India pass down their entrepreneurial spirit to their children who , like their parents, are using franchising to add to the family’s wealth Overview When the Patel family left India for America in 1977, they were farmers from a small village near Mumbai with a total of $700 in their pockets. They settled […]
Immigrant Business Statistics/Name: Kanchila Kay /Country of Origin: India/Immigrated: 1995/Business: Kumon Center of Levittown NY / Founded: 2011/ Jobs Created: 14 (part-time)/ Annual Revenue: $200,000 Kanchila Kay moved to the United States from India twenty years ago to go to college. She took a practical degree in business and got a well-paying job as a chief accountant for an […]
Education for K-12 students has become a political battleground, and parents are worrying whether their children are learning anything in this contentious environment. Are they being prepared for college and adult life? And if not, who’s going to do something about it? Overview For an increasing number of parents both in the US and abroad, […]
Ali Saifi didn’t know what a Subway was when he came to the U.S. Today, he oversees 390 Subway restaurants and helps immigrants like himself become Subway franchisees. Ali Saifi didn’t intend to stay in the United States. When he came here in 1973, his plan was to go to college and then return to […]
Immigrant entrepreneurs, earn government contracts in this step-by-step plan from the experts and learn to take your business to the next level! Immigrant entrepreneur Lloyd Hawthorne launched his Bronx-based Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery in New York City in 1989, turning it into a successful, nationwide franchisor selling popular Jamaican fare. But his first really big […]
Indo-Brit immigrant builds $10 million business unblocking drains. Here’s how he did it in 10 years. Fueled by his “immigrant mentality,” Patrick Patel become the owner of: Four Southern California hotels A disaster restoration business Construction company Multi-million dollar plumbing business – in just 10 years since arriving in the US. Immigrant Statistics Name: Patrick […]
Immigrant Business Statistics |Name: Roberto and Candelaria Ortega | Country of Origins: Ecuador and Argentina | Immigrated: 2000 and 1999 | Business Name: KLA Schools | Launched: 2008 | System Revenue: $10-13 million annually | Jobs Created: 300 Roberto and Candelaria Ortega came to the United States from Ecuador and Argentina respectively and met […]
Immigrant Business Statistics: Name: Mufeed Haddad | Country of Origin: Jordan | Emigrated to U.S.: 1984 | Founded: Liberty Tax Franchise: 2002 | Gross Revenue: $34.6 million | Jobs created: 3,456 Mufeed Haddad came to America with few prospects. But once he got started in the franchise business, he climbed the ladder rung by rung, […]
First generation immigrants are seldom fluent in English — the language in which all important governmental forms are written. Finally one of America’s leading franchise organizations is doing something to immigrants navigate through the complexities. Today there are an estimated 54 million Hispanics in the United States, up from 35 million in the year 2000 […]
