Haci Sabanci
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Hacı Sabancı a member of the second generation of the renowned Sabancı family
, was a Turkish
businessman and philanthropist
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He was born on June 25, 1935 in the village of Akçakaya of Kayseri Province
as the third son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı
, who founded Turkey's second largest industrial and financial conglomerate, Sabancı Holding
. Hacı went to school and spent most of his life in Adana
. After dropping out of the secondary school, he started his career in the family-owned automobile dealing and cotton exporting companies. He later served at several top management posts in different companies of Sabancı Holding. He was also president of the board of trustees of Sabancı Foundation VakSA.
He married Özcan in 1959. They had two sons, Ömer
in 1959 and Mehmet
in 1963, and a daughter, Demet. Mehmet died of a heart attack in 2005 at a very young age.
Hacı Sabancı died on June 24, 1998 in İstanbul
after a two year struggle against lung cancer
. He was laid to rest in Adana next to his murdered brother Özdemir
.
Sabanci family
The Sabancı family is a dynasty of Turkish businesspeople founded by Hacı Ömer Sabancı, a self-made wealthy trader. Some second and third generation members of the family control today Turkey’s largest and prestigious group of companies, established mostly by the efforts of his son Sakıp Sabancı...
, was a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
businessman and philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
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He was born on June 25, 1935 in the village of Akçakaya of Kayseri Province
Kayseri Province
The Kayseri Province , in central Turkey, is an area that has been linked with mythological stories as well as important figures in Turkish history. It is located in Anatolia, and surrounded by the Mount Erciyes, the Mount Hasan and the Mount Ali...
as the third son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı
Haci Ömer Sabanci
Hacı Ömer Sabancı was a Turkish entrepreneur, who founded a number of companies, which later formed the second largest industrial and financial conglomerate of Turkey, the Sabancı Holding. He initiated the establishment of a dynasty of Turkey's wealthiest businesspeople.He was born in Akçakaya, a...
, who founded Turkey's second largest industrial and financial conglomerate, Sabancı Holding
Sabanci Holding
Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding A.Ş., abbreviated as Sabancı Holding, is the largest industrial and financial conglomerate in Turkey by profit. The holding is owned at about 75% by the Sabancı family, one of Turkey's wealthiest. 3% is owned by the Sabancı University and the Sabancı Foundation. The...
. Hacı went to school and spent most of his life in Adana
Adana
Adana is a city in southern Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean, in south-central Anatolia...
. After dropping out of the secondary school, he started his career in the family-owned automobile dealing and cotton exporting companies. He later served at several top management posts in different companies of Sabancı Holding. He was also president of the board of trustees of Sabancı Foundation VakSA.
He married Özcan in 1959. They had two sons, Ömer
Ömer Sabanci
Ömer Sabancı , a member of the Turkey’s second wealthiest Sabancı family in third generation, is a Turkish businessman. He has the ex-chairman of the prestigious Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association .-Biography:...
in 1959 and Mehmet
Mehmet Sabanci
Mehmet Sabancı , a member in third generation of the renowned Sabancı family in Turkey, was a businessman.Mehmet was born on April 25, 1963 in Adana as the third child and the second son of Hacı Sabancı...
in 1963, and a daughter, Demet. Mehmet died of a heart attack in 2005 at a very young age.
Hacı Sabancı died on June 24, 1998 in İstanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
after a two year struggle against lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. He was laid to rest in Adana next to his murdered brother Özdemir
Özdemir Sabanci
Özdemir Sabancı was a Turkish businessman and a second generation member of the Sabancı family.-Biography:He was born in Adana, Turkey. After finishing the high school at the Tarsus American College in Tarsus, province Mersin, he received his B.A...
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Honorary doctorates
- Çukurova UniversityÇukurova UniversityÇukurova University has eleven faculties, three colleges, seven vocational colleges, three institutes and twenty six research and application centers...
, Adana - East Mediterranean University, Northern Cyprus
Awards
- Order of Supreme Merit of Turkey presented by President Süleyman DemirelSüleyman DemirelSami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel, better known as Süleyman Demirel , is a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister seven times and was the ninth President of Turkey.-Life:Demirel was born in İslamköy, a town in Isparta Province...
- "Best Trading Executive of the Balkans" by the International Association of Business Administration