Ünal Aysal (ˈynɑɫ ɑjˈsɑɫ; born 1941, Istanbul

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...

), is a Turkish

Turkey

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 businessman. He is currently the president of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S.K.. It also fields teams in Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian, Handball,...

.

Business career

He was graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1961. He then studied law at İstanbul University

Istanbul University

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 and later at University of Neuchâtel

University of Neuchâtel

The University of Neuchâtel is a French-speaking university in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The University has five faculties and more than a dozen institutes, including arts and human sciences, natural sciences, law, economics and theology. The Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences is the largest...

 in Switzerland

Switzerland

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Aysal worked with Koç Holding

Koç Holding

Koç Holding A.Ş. is the top industrial conglomeratein Turkey. The Koç family, one of Turkey's wealthiest families, controls the company with its headquarter in Nakkaştepe, Istanbul...

 in 1970-72 as the coordinator of the Ram Foreign Trade company and established the Unit International firm in 1974 in Brussels

Brussels

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, Belgium

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. 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

President of Turkey

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 as the best representative of Turkish businesses abroad. As of 2011, his net worth is around $800 million.

Galatasaray S.K.

May 14, 2011, Aysal replaced Adnan Polat

Adnan Polat

Adnan Polat , is a Turkish businessman born in Erzurum, a city in north-east Turkey. He is past the chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray....

 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. The previous record was set by outgoing Adnan Polat

Adnan Polat

Adnan Polat , is a Turkish businessman born in Erzurum, a city in north-east Turkey. He is past the chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray....

, who won 2944 of the 5234 votes during the chairmanship election in March 2008.