At 9, Yonas Hagos arrived in America from a Sudan refugee camp; years later, he became a major Arby’s franchise owner after serving in the US Army
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September 4, 2026
At nine years old, Yonas Hagos arrived in America after spending part of his childhood in a refugee camp in Sudan. He spoke little English and entered a life that was dramatically different from the one his family had known. In Illinois, Hagos and his…