Şevket Sabancı a member of the renowned Sabancı family

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...

 in second generation, is a Turkish

Turkish people

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 businessman and philanthropist

Philanthropist

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Biography

He was born 1936 in Kayseri

Kayseri

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, Turkey

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 as the fourth 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...

, a self-made wealthy trader, and Sadıka. Şevket was educated in textile engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

UMIST

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 (UMIST) in England

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. 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

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...

. Currently, Şevket Sabancı is the chairperson of Esas Holding, which controls a stake of 15% in Air Berlin

Air Berlin

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 and the owner of Turkey's largest private airline company Pegasus Airlines

Pegasus Airlines

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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

Ali Sabanci

Ali İhsan Sabancı , a member of the renowned Sabancı family in third generation, is a Turkish businessman.-Biography:Ali was born 1969 in Adana, Turkey as the second child and youngest son of Şevket Sabancı . Between 1987 and 1991, he was educated in political science and economics at Tufts...

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