Ahmed Smadi has crammed a lot of life into his 27 years.
At barely 7, he teetered on a plastic milk crate to run the cash register in his family’s multifaceted convenience store and their restaurants along Columbiana Road, including The Ranch House, Everyday Cafe and Everyday package store.
By middle school, he was hustling Monster energy drinks from his locker and investing his $1,000 profits in the stock market…