It all began with a little old lady named Maria who lived a long time ago very far away, in Greece.

One day she received the news that her grandson was born, making her a grandma (Yaya means grandma in Greek). She was so overjoyed that she decided to open up a bank account in her grandson’s name that very day. In the years that followed, whenever she could, she put aside a couple of dollars from her small pension for his future. This was her secret that she shared with no one, and by the time she died, she had forgotten about it.

Many years after Yaya Maria passed away, her son was sorting through a box of her belongings. To his surprise, a booklet fell out. It was the forgotten bank book of the account that she had set up for her grandson. Her son couldn’t believe his eyes. Immediately, he called Yaya Maria’s grandson and told him that he had found a gift from above, sent from his late grandmother.

The young man was overwhelmed by the thoughtful deed that his grandmother had carried out without mentioning a word to anyone for all of those years. And that grandson was Andy, our founder.

Because he was in the process of starting this business when he found out about his grandmother’s generosity, he decided, in gratitude, to name the company after her. And just like she put aside some money for her young one, he too will donate parts of the proceeds to a good cause that supports children in need and help someone else’s young one.