From a janitor to a millionaire: how a penniless immigrant who came to America built a successful business

An Iranian refugee shared his inspiring story of how he went from immigrant, janitor, Burger King employee to millionaire, Nashville auto businessman. Dailymail.

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Sammy Puri fled Iran in 1989 and eventually made it to the US with nothing. Now, three decades later, the father of two is living the American dream with several successful businesses and over 20 luxury sports cars to his collection.

hard way

The 45-year-old Kurd settled in Nashville with no money and hardly spoke English, but the church that helped him move from Iran got him a job as a janitor in a hospital.

At this job, Sammy saved every penny he could and ended up buying a $1000 Toyota Camry that he slept in every night at Walmart.
He went to the gym to take a shower before his shift.

Sammy soon began working at Burger King, where he became the chef's manager. But he was often given night shifts because his English was poor.

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He then had a variety of odd jobs, including jobs at Subway, a pizza delivery boy, a Nike store, and a book company.

“A guy like me who had nothing but was able to create something on his own. I think it should definitely motivate a lot of people and kids who think it can't be done,” Sammy says. “The most important thing for me was to never give up. Never give up. Continue to work. Write down all your goals. I write down everything I want to do and work really hard.”

personal happiness

While Sammy worked, saved money and studied English, he also found the love of his life.

He met Ana through her brother in May 2000, and on June 26, just five weeks later, they got engaged. On August 26, the loving couple got married.

“We both confessed our love to each other at the same time. I told my mom. She was so surprised,” Ana said. “We don’t know him or his family.” He is Kurdish. I'm Persian. We can marry whoever we want, but in his family it could have been a problem, but thank God it wasn’t.”

Ana soon became pregnant, which was a turning point for Sammy. He realized that he no longer wanted to work for someone else.

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With Ana's brother, he bought a beat-up tow truck and founded his own company - he looked for odd jobs in car dealerships. Sammy eventually launched BBB Auto Sales in 2005, and after profiting from it, he began investing in real estate.

Cars

His hard work and dedication made him what he is today. He is a successful business owner and has two children: Artin, 14, and Hujin, 21.

He has always been obsessed with cars - when he bought his house for $350, his car collection was worth over $000 million. He claims that his cars are more profitable than real estate or his business.

Sammy has a multi-million dollar car collection that includes Porsche, Lamborghini and Bugatti. Sammy's fleet includes two rare Pagani sports cars, as well as a Ferrari.

“I don’t think there’s a car in my entire collection that I’ve ever lost money on,” he said.

Speaking of his vices, he said, “I don't do drugs, I don't gamble, I don't do anything. My only hobby is cars."

In 2007, he became obsessed with a car he saw at a showroom, a silver-red Mercedes SLR McLaren.

“One day I will have one,” I thought. This was probably the car of my dreams. That’s what really turned me on,” Sammy recalls.
Sammy started buying cars at car auctions and gradually increased the collection.

“I had certain numbers that I had to achieve in my business before I could buy a car for $100. I reached that number and bought an Aston Martin DB000,” he says.

“My wife is my biggest supporter. She understand. No matter what I have done over the past 20 years, she has always supported me. She's actually a very positive influence on me,” says Sammy.

Despite his huge fleet of impressive cars, Sammy said he never called himself a collector.

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“I have set several goals in life, and when I achieve them, I will buy the car I want. The first car was my dream for many years, but every year the price increased. Today the dream car costs $10 million. This could be a dream for the rest of my life,” he said.

Sammy said he doesn't just see the cars for use as vehicles, but instead they represent a dream come true or a goal that he is "very proud of".

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