Reviews for The unexpected CEO : my journey from gas station cashier to billion-dollar CEO
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Behzadi offers a deeply personal and inspiring memoir that reads like both a survival guide and a call to action. Having arrived alone in the United States as a teenager escaping an oppressive regime in Iran—without parents, money, or connections—she tells a story of extraordinary resilience. Behzadi's early life in Iran was marked by persecution; she was once arrested for possessing a book on socialism. She eventually fled to the U.S., where by night she worked behind bulletproof glass at a gas station and by day attended college. Behzadi's journey to becoming an entrepreneur and CEO is remarkable, and she shares practical strategies for transforming adversity into opportunity, leading with empathy, and building a business and life. Along the way, she recovers from brain surgery and learns to walk again, never losing sight of her motto: "Doing well by doing good." VERDICT This is a story of hope, perseverance, and the transformative power of kindness. Readers will come away uplifted, reminded that trauma may be part of one's history, but it doesn't have to define one's destiny.—Gary Medina
