Guler Sabancı
Guler Sabancı (born August 14, 1955 in Adana ) is a Turkish entrepreneur. She is the chairman of Sabancı Holding , the second largest industrial and financial group in Turkey. Sabancı Holding was founded by her uncle Sakıp Sabancı . She has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG since January 23, 2013 .
Life
After attending the renowned TED Ankara high school , İhsan and Yüksel Sabancı's daughter studied business administration at the Bosporus University in Istanbul . In 1978 she began her career at the family-owned tire company in the province of Kocaeli . She then worked for the Kordsa fiber factory for 14 years before becoming a member of the board of Sabancı Holding. After the death of her uncle Sakıp, his brothers Erol and Şevket , who were still alive, made her - at the request of Sakıp Sabancı - chairmen of the group.
In the list of 100 most powerful women in the world of Forbes Magazine , it was conducted in 2009 ranked 27th According to the magazine, this makes her the most powerful woman in Turkey.
Awards
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Italy : Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( Knight's Cross ) (December 27, 2002)
- 2010: Officer of the French Legion of Honor
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Austria : Schumpeter Prize (2011)
Web links
- The Anatolian superwoman . Rainer Hermann, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , January 18, 2011, p. 36.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Güler Sabanci , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 18/2012 from May 1, 2012, supplemented by news from MA-Journal up to week 49/2012, in the Munzinger Archive , accessed on February 10, 2014 ( beginning of article freely available)
- ^ Reference on the Siemens website , accessed on April 2, 2014
- ↑ The 100 Most Powerful Women , Forbes , August 19, 2009 list
- ^ Al Quirinale la Giornata della Qualità Italia , February 19, 2013
- ↑ Schumpeter Society: Schumpeter Prize 2011 presented to top Turkish entrepreneur Güler Sabanci . APA notification dated May 12, 2011, accessed June 19, 2015.
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SURNAME | Sabancı, Guler |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Adana |