From High School Dropout to Billion-Dollar Butcher: Salt Bae’s Untold Hustle Story

Before the gold steaks, viral memes, and cringe World Cup moment — Salt Bae was just a kid from a poor family in Turkey.

No high school diploma. No fancy background. Just grit. He learned to cut meat at 13 and hustled his way to Argentina, the U.S., and into culinary legend status.

But did ego kill the empire?

This episode breaks down the rise and the fall of Salt Bae — and what it means for entrepreneurs in the spotlight.

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