Ekrem Bardha

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ekrem Bardha is an Albanian American businessman, leader of the Albanian National Front in Michigan (Balli Kombëtar), co-founder of the National Albanian-American Council (NAAC), and former owner of Illyria Newspaper. He is currently serving as Albania's Honorary Consul in Michigan and is regarded as one of the most successful Albanians in America. Ekrem Bardha was born in the village of Radanj in Kolonjë, Albania. Having escaped from Albania in 1953, after one of his brothers was jailed for political crimes, he settled in Detroit and went into the restaurant business. He eventually became the owner of 13 McDonald's fast-food franchises, which gross about $25 million a year.