Ünal Aysal

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Ünal Aysal
34th President of Galatasaray SK
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 18, 2011
Preceded by Adnan Polat
Personal details
Born (1941-06-02) June 2, 1941
Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Spouse(s) Fani Grammatikogianni (2009–)
Ahu Kerimoğlu (–2008)
Children Three daughters
(Ala b. 1971)
(Ceyla b. 1973)
(Alin b. 2012)
Alma mater Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Occupation Oil Businessman
Profession CEO

Ünal Aysal (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈynɑɫ ɑjˈsɑɫ], born 2 June 1941) is a Turkish businessman. He is the chairman of Galatasaray S.K..

Business career

He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1961. He then studied law at İstanbul University and later at University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

Aysal worked with Koç Holding in 1970-72 as the coordinator of the Ram Foreign Trade company and established the Unit International firm in 1974 in Brussels, Belgium. Aysal has been involved in the oil business and electric power industry, since 1984. He is currently the head of the Unit Group, which comprises 23 companies. He was honored in 1999 by the President of Turkey as the best representative of Turkish businesses abroad. As of 2011, his net worth is around $ 1 billion.

Galatasaray S.K.

May 14, 2011, Aysal replaced Adnan Polat to become the 34th president of Galatasaray, with a record of highest majority of votes in the 106-year-history of Galatasaray, winning 2998 of the 4019 votes cast.[1] The previous record was set by outgoing Adnan Polat, who won 2944 of the 5234 votes during the chairmanship election in March 2008. Aysal's main target was to turn the fortunes of the clubs Football team around, as well as changing the clubs financial fortunes around. He brought in Former Coach Fatih Terim with which the club has achieved previous Domestic and European success to lead the shake up of the squad to help compete at the highest level again.

Trophies won by club during presidency

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ünal Aysal New President of Galatasaray
  2. ↑ Galatasaray: The 2012 Champion! Galatasaray.org
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Adnan Polat		 President of Galatasaray SK
18 May 2011 – 		Succeeded by
incumbent
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