Linda Oladunni is a Nigeria native who moved to the United States in
1989. She lived and worked for a time in Hyattsville, Maryland, where
she worked at her first job in the US as a gas station cashier. She also
took classes in Business Management at John Jay University in New York
City for a time as well. Oladunni would later become the leader of a
daycare center in Hyattsville called Little Angels while attending John
Jay at night and on weekends. she met her husband, Dr. Joseph Oladunni,
and moved to Texas, where she founded her own gas station business.
Obviously,
the most important resource that business owners have to account for in
the gas station business is the gasoline itself. Linda Oladunni is
dependent on the local gas prices as they fluctuate in accordance with
world market values and must get the gasoline she provides to customers
for as low a price as possible. Linda Oladunni must also stay up-to-date
with oil prices so she can adjust her prices for gasoline whenever
possible. This constant pressure to adjust prices and provide everyone
in her community with a much-needed commodity is a large motivator for
her in her daily operations. All gas station owners across the country
and the world feel this pressure.
Linda Oladunni built the business on her own. She and her husband are very proud of their family—they have three grown children—and the community they have lived and worked in for 25 years.
Obviously,
the most important resource that business owners have to account for in
the gas station business is the gasoline itself. Linda Oladunni is
dependent on the local gas prices as they fluctuate in accordance with
world market values and must get the gasoline she provides to customers
for as low a price as possible. Linda Oladunni must also stay up-to-date
with oil prices so she can adjust her prices for gasoline whenever
possible. This constant pressure to adjust prices and provide everyone
in her community with a much-needed commodity is a large motivator for
her in her daily operations. All gas station owners across the country
and the world feel this pressure.Linda Oladunni built the business on her own. She and her husband are very proud of their family—they have three grown children—and the community they have lived and worked in for 25 years.
