Living the Dream

Everyday business challenges aren't too stressful for Sami Kakour.

This is an entrepreneur, after all, who was born on the Israeli West Bank. He lived there, in Palestinian homes and settlements, until he was 14, when he moved to boarding school in London. The son of an obstetrician, Kakour says the sounds of bombs and machine guns were near everyday occurrences when he was a young boy.

Kakour moved to America in 1986, and he became a U.S. citizen in 2000. “I love this country,” says Kakour. “God couldn't have made a better country than this.”