Yonas Hagos Author

Yonas Hagos went from being an Ethiopian refugee to a Purple Heart-winning U.S. solider to an owner of 47 major restaurant franchises. He is an International Franchise Association’s Franchisee of the Year. Today, his worth is estimated at $10 million. Hagos has been profiled in Forbes.com, on PBS, and many other publications, and he was profiled alongside Colin Powell in a cover story in Parade magazine.

Gary M. Stern has written for many of the top publications across the United States and internationally as well, mainly about business. He has been published in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune.com, Crain’s New York Business Institutional Investor, among others. Stern is a regular columnist on restaurants for Forbes.com’s Food & Drink pages since 2019. As a New York correspondent for New York Business Journal, he specialized in small business.