Ömer Sabancı

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Ömer Sabancı (1959), a member of the Turkey’s second wealthiest family in third generation, is a billionaire businessman. He is currently chairman of the prestigious Turkish Businesspeople Association.

He was born 1959 in Adana as the first son of Hacı Sabancı (1935-1998), son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1906-1966), the founder of Turkey’s second largest industrial and financial conglomerate Sabancı Holding. After finishing the high school at Tarsus American College, he was educated in Economics at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, USA.

Ömer Sabancı worked first in a number of family owned companies in Europe. Returned to Turkey, he was promoted to the top management in SaSA, and held this position 15 years long. In 2000, he initiated a joint venture with DuPont for polyester fabric production, and became president of the newly founded DupontSA. Recently, he is member of the board of directors of Sabancı Holding.

Ömer Sabancı was elected on January 22, 2004 chairman of the Turkish Businesspeople Association (TÜSİAD). He is also president of the European Association of Synthetic fibers Industrialists (CIRFS) headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

He is the elder brother of late Mehmet Sabancı (1963-2004) and Demet Çetindoğan. He is married and has three children.