{"id":996,"date":"2017-11-11T19:49:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T16:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=996"},"modified":"2017-11-12T20:48:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T17:48:34","slug":"yemeni-american-businessman-awarded-by-the-state-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/yemeni-american-businessman-awarded-by-the-state-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemeni American Businessman awarded by the State Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><strong>On October 12th in the Ypsilanti\u2019s Marriott, the three ethnic commissions for the State of Michigan along with the Michigan Office for New Americans (MONA) held their first annual New American Leadership Gala which recognized 6 prominent entrepreneurs and job creators in the State by its Governor Rick Snyder.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">By Adel Mozip<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Yemeni American News<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-996 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/yemeni-american-businessman-awarded-by-the-state-governor\/26155018589_85d3ece846_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/26155018589_85d3ece846_o.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/26155018589_85d3ece846_o.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/26155018589_85d3ece846_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/26155018589_85d3ece846_o-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/yemeni-american-businessman-awarded-by-the-state-governor\/24079563108_241653f705_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/24079563108_241653f705_o.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/24079563108_241653f705_o.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/24079563108_241653f705_o-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/24079563108_241653f705_o-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/yemeni-american-businessman-awarded-by-the-state-governor\/26155021939_4bf84efb54_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/26155021939_4bf84efb54_o.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/26155021939_4bf84efb54_o.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/26155021939_4bf84efb54_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/26155021939_4bf84efb54_o-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The ethnic commissioners along with private citizens nominated people to the award and the two finalists for the Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs were. Iraqi American Mrs. Mary Shaya of J&amp;B Medical and Yemeni American Dr. Mohamed Sohoubah, CEO of BioMed Specialty Pharmacy and Pharmor Pharmacy.<br \/>\nThe Appreciation Dinner highlighted the stories of the awardees through video productions.Dr. Sohoubah\u2019s story was the last one of the six and it highlighted his life story, challenges and successes he has made.<br \/>\nHis success story is moving as he moved to the US at the age 14 and worked his way up to be now a CEO of the largest Michigan independent pharmacies network. Starting back in 2003 with a pharmacy in Detroit, he currently has a network of 27 pharmacies. He also established BioMed Speciality, a custom compounding pharmacy and has four locations in Southfield, Lansing, Farmington, and Cincinnati. Annual revenue for BioMed alone has reached more than $20 million.<br \/>\nDr. Sohoubah diversified his investment to real estate with MSR Holding (owning 300 residential units and over 500k of sqt commercial space), and co-partnered with locals to open up restaurants. Dr. Sohoubah is a generous Michigander; who gives back to his community; supporting sporting programs of the Michigan Yemen Sports Association (MYSA) and metro Detroit nonprofits. He has more than 250 direct employees in his various businesses.<br \/>\n\u201cI am a person who has has taken challenges as motivations\u201d Dr. Sohoubah said in his video. In his emotional speech, he thanked his family, especially his parents who raised him in the Southend of Dearborn which he takes great pride in it. He thanked his employees, his mentors, and his mentors who have supported him along the way.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m humbled and honored to receive this award. I have enjoyed my career and I\u2019m truly blessed to be in this country. I believe I\u2019m the American Dream.\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On October 12th in the Ypsilanti\u2019s Marriott, the three ethnic commissions for the State of Michigan along with the Michigan Office for New Americans (MONA) held their first annual New American Leadership Gala which recognized 6 prominent entrepreneurs and job creators in the State by its Governor Rick Snyder. 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