Zankou Chicken Murders - The Death of an American Dream | 2

Business Wars

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History, David Brown, Business, Management

4.6 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Mardiros Iskenderian was known for two things: the unbelievable generosity he showed to the Armenian community, and the deep love he expressed for his family—particularly for his mother, whom he treated like a queen.

So why did Mardiros try to cut his sisters out of the family business? What drove him to register the Zankou Chicken trademark solely under his own name? And how could a simple business re-arrangement among a loving, growing clan end in murder?

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars,
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0:06.5	One, two, one.
0:08.5	One, two, one.
0:14.5	It's April 2001.
0:17.5	For enormous carp, circle a coin pond in front of a white
0:21.0	stucco mansion high in the hills of Glendale, California.
0:26.5	Inside the home, 54-year-old Margarose Iscendarian sits at his kitchen table and pours a long
0:32.9	stream of Turkish coffee into a china cup.
0:36.5	18 years ago, he and his parents co-founded Zonku Chicken, a beloved chain of fast food
0:42.3	restaurants in Los Angeles.
0:44.5	The extended families run the business together relatively peacefully, but soon that
0:49.6	piece will be shattered forever by an act of extreme violence.
0:55.5	His thick curls and signature droopy moustache are as jet black as always.
1:01.5	But for a man with such a hearty appetite and belly to match, his face is drawn in action.
1:08.5	Margarose looks down the table, past the ornate Turkish coffee set his parents brought
1:13.5	with them from Beirut at his mother in two sisters.
1:17.5	His father has passed away.
1:19.5	He is the patriarch of the family now.
1:22.5	He finishes telling them about his latest philanthropic venture, a soup kitchen back in
1:27.5	Armenia.
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