Founder Stories

Growing up in Istanbul, Ulupreneur Ali Sarilgan had no idea what career he wanted to pursue. In Turkey, students can be pushed toward career paths

Coming from a family of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, it is no surprise that Ulupreneur Rachel Sha is now the CEO of a healthtech company.

Like many immigrants, Tina Keshani’s family became entrepreneurs out of necessity. After moving to the U.S. from Kazakhstan, she watched her father build a business

Ulupreneur Amee Devani’s path to entrepreneurship feels both inevitable and hard-won. Her Indian grandparents immigrated to Kenya and, with few options, built businesses from the

For Ulupreneur Samantha Citro Alexander, the dining room table has always been the heart of family life. Yet alongside the joy of shared meals came

Ulupreneur Christian Pean, a first-generation American with roots in Mexico and Haiti, grew up in McAllen, Texas, watching his father—an entrepreneurial physician—build a regional medical

Recurring Ulupreneur Jorge Heraud has always wanted to know more about the earth beneath his feet. As a child in Peru, he spent summers on

Ulupreneur Bismarck Lepe grew up with a unique understanding of how difficult it is for Spanish speakers to access the healthcare system here. His parents

A serial founder, Ulupreneur Pratik Verma, co-founder of Okahu, says he got the bug from his father who started his first tech company when their

The Dreamers… that’s how Ulupreneur Charlie Olson describes the perfect clients for Pando, the company he and co-founder Eric Lax created in 2017. When they