Ali İsmail Sabancı (May 5, 1969; Adana) is a Turkish businessperson and a third generation member of th
SabancıFamily. He is the Chairperson of '
Esas Holding
Education life
Ali Sabancı earned his M.B.A. degree with a major in International Finance from
Columbia Business School
Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and is one ...
and B.A. degree in Politics and Economics from
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...
.
Career
Ali Sabancı is the Chairperson of Esas Holding an
Pegasus Airlines vice chairperson of Mars Athletic and a board member o
Ayakkabı Dünyası which are part of the Esas Private Equity portfolio. He also serves on the board of Esas Properties.
Ali is one of the co-founders o
Esas Social which was established to facilitate sustainable social investment. He focuses on increasing awareness of entrepreneurship in Turkey. As the president of the Young Entrepreneurs Board in the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), he has led successful projects including Angel Investing Legislation, Global Entrepreneurship Congress, G3 Forum, Global Entrepreneurship Week and TIM Innovation Week - Born Global. He is also an angel investor in more than 25 start-up companies.
Ali is a member of the Turkish American Business Association and th
Turkish Family Business Association.He is a member of Board of Trustees o
Entrepreneurship Foundationand a founding member o
GEN(Global Entrepreneurship Network ) Türkiye.
In 2018 he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by the French government for his contributions to economic relations between Turkey and France.
Life
Ali Sabancı is married to Vuslat Doğan Sabancı and has two sons, Emrecan Şevket Sabancı and Kaan Ali Sabancı.
See also
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Pegasus Airlines
Pegasus Airlines ( tr, Pegasus Hava Taşımacılığı A.Ş.) (), sometimes stylized as Flypgs, is a Turkish low-cost carrier headquartered in the Kurtköy area of Pendik, Istanbul with bases at several Turkish airports.
History
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References
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Biography
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1969 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Adana
Ali Sabanci
Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Columbia Business School alumni
Recipients of the Legion of Honour