finally tonight a big surprise for a brand many Americans love chabani yogurt Rose from the ground up to become a multi-billion dollar sensation and we were there exclusively today when the CEO gave a gift that is turning employees into owners and a few future millionaires Harry Smith asked tonight's making a difference in the modern workplace hugging the boss may not be the first instinct of many employees oh my God but there were hugs of Plenty this morning at the Chobani yogurt plant in Upstate New York company founder Hamdi ulaya made an announcement we used to
work together now we are Partners Real Partners Financial Partners ulaya is giving his employees a 10% stake in the company when it goes public or is sold it's a windfall that could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars each that's amazing amazing who does that completely unexpected um I think that everyone is so excited that's two plants and more than 2,000 employees a move more Silicon Valley than Upstate New York why do this you know it's been my dream i' like to get back to them and say you and this community and this country has
been so great to us and I'd like to return that favor back to you the success of Chobani a brand not 10 years old but worth billions could only happen in America says ulaya an immigrant from Turkey who started with nothing you can always tell yourself that I'm going to do this I'm going to do this but truly believe in it is a miracle maybe the miracle is that they all believe Terry Edmonds is employee number six I think about how little we started and how hard all these people worked to to bring this to
what we have and I'm very proud the money means a lot say these folks but being appreciated means even more Harry Smith NBC News New Berlin New York Hey NBC News fans thanks for checking out our YouTube channel subscribe by clicking on that button down here and click on any of the videos over here to watch the latest interviews show highlights and digital exclusives thanks for watching
