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Top Five Turkish Billionaire 2022
Each year, Forbes employs a team of more than 50 reporters from a variety of
countries to track the activity of the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Preliminary surveys are sent to those who may qualify for the list. According
to Forbes, they received three types of responses – some people try to inflate their
wealth, others cooperate but leave out details, and some refuse to answer any
questions. Business deals are then scrutinized and estimates of valuable assets –
land, homes, vehicles, artwork, etc. – are made. Interviews are conducted to vet the
figures and improve the estimate of an individual’s holdings.
Top Five Turkish Billionaire 2022
1_ Erman Ilıcak
born 1967 is a Turkish businessman, investor, and president of Rönesans
Holding. Erman Ilıcak founded Rönesans Holding in St. Petersburg in 1993.
Mr. Ilıcak still acts as the chairperson of the board of Rönesans Holding.
Headquartered in Ankara, today Rönesans Holding operates as the main contractor
and investor in construction, real estate, health, energy and petrochemical fields,
mainly in Turkey, Russia and the Netherlands, in a wide geographical area covering
Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with more than 75 thousand
employees in 28 countries. Today, Rönesans Holding builds heavy industry facilities,
infrastructure projects, manufacturing industry facilities, chemical and
pharmaceutical production facilities, food and beverage processing facilities,
automotive and machinery plants, government buildings, health complexes and
power plants, as well as shopping malls, offices, hotels, residences and mixed
structures.
2_ Murat Ülker
The second Turkish Billionaire from top five turkish billionaire
2022 is Ferit Şahenk
born 1959 is a Turkish billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Yıldız Holding,
the largest food company in the CEEMEA Region (Central & Eastern Europe, Middle
East, and Africa). Yıldız owns businesses including Godiva Chocolatier, pladis, and
Sok. In 1984, Ülker joined the Ülker Group, part of Yıldız Holding, as a control
coordinator. Over the following years, he served as assistant general manager for
enterprises, and later, as general manager. In 2000, Ülker became the CEO of Yıldız
Holding, before becoming its chairman in 2008. Under his chairmanship, Yıldız
Holding expanded its business and made several acquisitions including GODIVA
Chocolatier in 2008 and United Biscuits in 2014. In 2016, Yildiz formed a new global
business, pladis, by bringing together three of its brands: Ülker, United Biscuits, and
DeMet’s Candy Company.
3_ Hüsnü Özyeğin
The third Turkish Billionaire from top five turkish billionaire
2022 is Ferit Şahenk
born 1944 is a Turkish billionaire. He founded Finansbank in 1987 and later sold the
Turkish division of the bank. Nowadays, his financial investments are managed
under Fiba Holding while non-financial investments are managed under Fina
Holding. Following his return home after three more years in the US, Özyeğin was
offered a post in Pamukbank, which belonged to his schoolmate, Mehmet Emin
Karamehmet. In 1977, at the age of only 32, he was appointed general manager of
this bank and he held this position until 1984. Then he transferred to Yapı ve Kredi
Bankası to become its general manager, a much larger bank in Turkey acquired that
year by the same friend. There he succeeded in leading the money-losing bank to a
profit over the next two years. Özyeğin led Yapı ve Kredi Bankası until 1987, when he
decided to establish his own bank, the Finansbank at the age of 43. He expanded it
to a bank with more than 200 branches operating in nine countries out of Turkey,
mostly in Europe. He later founded several finance companies and brought them
under the Holding Fiba, which has around 8,500 employees in 20 companies. Over
the next few years, he invested in high-demand industries such as real estate, energy
and retail, building condominiums and shopping centers across the main domestic
business districts. In 1996, he entered the retail business purchasing the
supermarket chains Gima, Endi, Spar and Greens. Furthermore, Özyeğin signed a
franchising contract with the British retail chain Marks & Spencer, and then
purchased also the Sakura Bank.
4_Semahat Sevim Arsel
born 1928 is a Turkish billionaire businesswoman. She is a director of Koç Holding,
the largest industrial conglomerate in Turkey, and the eldest child of its
founder, Vehbi Koç (1901–1996). She owns 6.15% of the family business. Arsel
founded the Koç University School of Nursing. As of August 2021, Forbes estimated
her net worth at US$1.9 billion. Arsel is the chairperson of the Vehbi Koç Foundation.
5_Ferit Şahenk
The fifth Turkish Billionaire from top five turkish billionaire
2022 is Ferit Şahenk
born 1964 is the Chairman of Turkey’s Doğuş Group and one of the richest people
in Turkey. He attended the Owner/President Program at Harvard University. At the
age of 37, Şahenk took over his father’s Doğuş Holding after Ayhan Şahenk died of a
heart attack in April 2001. The net worth of the Şahenk conglomerate is around US$
2.5 billion, with a turnover for 2005 of US$6 billion, employing about 18,000 people.
He relinquished some control of the Garanti Bank, selling a quarter of the country’s
third largest bank to General Electric for $1.6 billion in 2004, which was regarded as
an important step towards greater liberalization in the Turkish banking sector, which
had been severely affected by the 2001 economic crisis. He also runs Turkish media
properties capturing more than 10 per cent of country’s advertising market. The
flattering of the government and Turkish PM with his media company has been
widely criticized and protested against by Turkish citizens. Bankrolled Gallipoli, a film
about the Turkish military battle against the Allied offensive. On 28 January 2006
Şahenk held a reception during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos,
Switzerland.
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