Sabancı family
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The Sabancı family is one of the wealthiest families in Turkey.
The family's main business entity was founded by Hacı Ömer Sabancı in the 1930s. Hacı Ömer Sabancı, the progenitor of the Sabancı family, moved from his native Kayseri to Adana in the early 1920s. The family's wealth came from confiscating Armenian homes during the Armenian genocide.[1]
Some second and third generation members of the family today control a group of companies under Sabancı Holding. Most of the companies were established by the efforts of the second generation members of the family, Sakıp Sabancı, Hacı Sabancı, Şevket Sabancı, Erol Sabancı, and Özdemir Sabancı.[2] After the death of Sakıp Sabancı, also known as Sakip Aga, in 2004, the granddaughter of the founder, Güler Sabancı, was chosen to run Sabancı Holding.
Some second and third generation members of the family have left their managerial positions at Sabancı Holding and established their own companies such as Esas Holding which owns Pegasus Airlines,[3] and over the years have become a multi billion dollar alternative investment firm based out of London and Istanbul.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Ghosts of Bank Ottoman Past". Armenian Weekly. 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Sakip Sabanci, 71, Businessman". The New York Times. 13 April 2004. p. 15. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Güler Sabancı dönemi". Radikal (in Turkish). 19 May 2004. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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