Şevket Sabancı

Şevket Sabancı

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

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 vice president of the holding company, which is Turkey’s second biggest industrial and financial conglomerate.

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

He is married to Hayırlı Zerrin, with whom he has a daughter Emine Kamışlı and two sons Ali and Özdemir.

References


* [http://www.sabanci.com.tr/En/popup_yonetim_sevketsabanci.asp Biography at Sabancı Holding website]


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