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Haute Living Features Engin Yesil, Turkish Tycoon
Engine yesil biography of martin
"I came to the United States to get an education, so that I can go back and run my family business in Turkey," he continues, "I was an entrepreneur since birth, but I realized all the opportunities this country offered, and I was hooked on becoming the American dream."
As is the case with most entrepreneurial ventures, the perfect blend of determination and destiny prompted Yesil to found his first business.
As he recalls, his college girlfriend lost her contact lenses and was forced to pay $350 to replace them, an amount that seemed quite steep to Yesil. He started a mail order contact lens company, called it Lens Express, today known as 1-800 CONTACTS.
The company became the leading source for contact lens replacement, shipping 80,000 lenses daily. The company's