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Article: The best advice I ever got was . . .(NEWS)(Kayhan Hellriegel of Kahan International Ltd)(Melody Spann-Cooper of WVON-Radio (Cicero, Illinois))(Mellody Hobson of Ariel Investments Inc.)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
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- September 21, 2009
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Byline: H. LEE MURPHY
What's the best business advice you've ever received? These entrepreneurs, business owners and executives share their stories.
Kayhan Hellriegel, 61
CEO, Kahan International Ltd., Schaumburg
An immigrant from Iran at 16, Ms. Hellriegel recalls that her father urged all seven of his children "to get the highest education you can get. Education is your mind, and nobody can take that away from you.
Though she was married and had a child at age 17, followed soon by divorce, Ms. Hellriegel put herself through Wichita State University, earning a degree in business. She went on to a career as a manager at ...