Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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GreekReporter.com - "Create businesses!" - Van Vlahakis' dream was to see Greece thrive again by creating new businesses. Born on January 14, 1935, Vlahakis was a self-made entrepreneur way before the word became fashionable. A pioneer of the green movement, Vlahakis came to America to escape his war-torn island of Crete. With 22 dollars in his pocket he founded Earth Friendly Products, the largest green cleaning products manufacturer in the world and a company that pays its employees one of the highest minimum wages in America. Full story: goo.gl/wEmEP1

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