bankruptcy in 2008. The company was made private when Sahakian sold it to Non-resident Indian (NRI) Raj Vakharia, a former managing director of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Vakharia will target its investment in high-growth markets throughout India including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, and Pune. Pirshlo The Little Valley, New York-based Pirshlo, Inc. conglomerate, which owned the New York cluster of Uni-Marts (and a handful in northern Pennsylvania), was forced to shut down its entire cluster in August 2007, after Pirshlo owner Lloyd Long was convicted of tax evasion. Uni-Mart initially took over the Pirshlo stores before liquidating them, while the Seneca nation claimed two in Salamanca, one of which became WGWE. Notes References NRI to invest $250m in Indian commercial and residential real estate Uni-Mart convenience store owners claiming parent company misled them American companies established in 1972 Defunct retail companies of the United States Retail companies established in 1972 Retail companies disestablished in 2009 Convenience stores of the United States Defunct companies based in Pennsylvania 1972 establishments in Pennsylvania 2009 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008