Henry D. Sahakian
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Who is Henry D. Sahakian?
Henry D. Sahakian was the founder of Uni-Mart in 1972, which quickly became one of the largest and leading convenience stores and gasoline stations across the United States. A Christian Armenian from Iran who moved to the United States in 1956, he studied mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University. There, he founded Unico, a builder of student housing projects for the university.
The venture was a success, but Sahakian sought new challenges and, noting the rapid growth of Southland Corporation's 7-Eleven convenience stores throughout the region, flew to the chain's Dallas headquarters to personally petition for an exclusive territory of stores. When Southland offered him only a single store, Sahakian turned to Munford, Inc., the Atlanta-based owners of the Ma-jik Market convenience store chain, which granted him a 20-year license for convenience stores in the state of Pennsylvania.
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- Also known as
- Henry D Sahakian
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Pennsylvania State University
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on July 23, 2013
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