Oct 12, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min · 10 segments
On this episode of The Outlier Index, host Ali Himyari interviews George Girjel, an immigrant from Samarkand who rose from construction and grocery jobs to owning four car dealerships and a UFC gym…
Ali HemyariHost
So when we take it back to that time, it was shortly after the USSR had essentially crumbled.
Right? And on the third day, you decide, I'm going to go work with my uncle, and I'm going to enter construction and start rehabilitating and renovating these apartments where transplants from other countries, refugees, political refugees.
know, everybody is living there because the Baptist charity is helping, or church is helping out in their charitable functions.
I'd imagine it was a lot of hard work, right? And Jacksonville's not a cold area either.
And, you know, we work pretty much Monday through Saturday, you know, because we had to, you know, finish things for people and all that.
As long as you're getting paid and you know what you're working for, you kind of, you know, put your head down and do your thing, you know.
I learned a lot working with my uncle, you know, as far as fixing, painting, you know, you name it.
So that kind of helped me as a young man also to, you know, be a man, I guess, around the household now where I can fix a few things here and there without really.
So when we take it back to that time, it was shortly after the USSR had essentially crumbled.
Right? And on the third day, you decide, I'm going to go work with my uncle, and I'm going to enter construction and start rehabilitating and renovating these apartments where transplants from other countries, refugees, political refugees.
know, everybody is living there because the Baptist charity is helping, or church is helping out in their charitable functions.
I'd imagine it was a lot of hard work, right? And Jacksonville's not a cold area either.
And, you know, we work pretty much Monday through Saturday, you know, because we had to, you know, finish things for people and all that.
As long as you're getting paid and you know what you're working for, you kind of, you know, put your head down and do your thing, you know.
I learned a lot working with my uncle, you know, as far as fixing, painting, you know, you name it.
So that kind of helped me as a young man also to, you know, be a man, I guess, around the household now where I can fix a few things here and there without really.
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