Şevket Sabancı

Şevket Sabancı
Born 1936 (age 78–79)
Akçakaya village, Kayseri Province
Residence Istanbul, Bodrum, London
Nationality Turkish
Citizenship Turkey
Education Textile engineering
Alma mater University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Organization Sabancı Holding, Esas Holding
Notable work Sabanci Foundation, Sabancı Holding, Sabanci University, Esas Holding
Net worth DecreaseUS$1.05 billion (2015)
Spouse(s) Hayırlı Zerrin Sabanci
Children Emine Sabancı Kamışlı, Ali İhsan Sabancı, Sadıka Sabancı
Parent(s) Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Sadıka Sabancı
Relatives İhsan Sabancı, Sakıp Sabancı, Hacı Sabancı, Erol Sabancı, Özdemir Sabancı

Şevket Sabancı (born 1936), a member of the Sabancı family in second generation, is a billionaire Turkish businessman and philanthropist.

Biography

He was born 1936 in Kayseri, Turkey as the fourth son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı, a self-made wealthy trader, and Sadıka. Şevket was educated in textile engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in England. Returned home, he worked at managerial positions in a number of textile companies owned by his family. After 1980, he went abroad to represent Sabancı Holding. Currently, Şevket Sabancı is the chairperson of Esas Holding, which is the second largest share holder in Air Berlin and the owner of Turkey's largest private airline company Pegasus Airlines.

Şevket Sabancı was also a founding member of the Sabancı Foundation VakSA.

He is married to Hayırlı Zerrin, with whom he has two daughters Emine Kamışlı, Sadıka Sabanci and a son Ali İhsan Sabanci.

Family Tree

Kazım Koseoglu (1983)

Can Koseoglu (1985)

Fethi Kamisli (1991)

Kerem Kamisli (1993)

Şevket Emrecan Sabancı (2001)

Kaan Ali Sabancı (2003)

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