Saygin Yalcin (
''Turkish'': Saygın Yalçın;
[Turkish Time magazine: Haftanın girişim öyküsü: Sellanyca.cm ve Saygın Yalçın]
born 1984/1985
) is a Dubai-based German entrepreneur and academic lecturer of Turkish origin. He founded sukar.com which was acquired by Souq.com, which was then acquired by Amazon for $580 million.
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Personal life
Saygin was born in Bremen to Turkish immigrants.[''Bild'': Saygin Yalcin schaffte es aus einachen verhaltnissen zum selfmade-mann – Der Dubai-Millionär (33) Aus dem Bremer Plattenbau]
In his teen years he was a skilled footballer
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who played in German junior league A-Junioren Bundesliga.[
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Education
He studied in Germany
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and later in the United States and Mexico
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. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Monroe College
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Career
One of his jobs was marketing and sales for BMW in 2004. He also worked for Capgemini
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History
Capgemini was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967 as an enterprise management and data processing company. The comp ...
and L’Oreal. He first started his entrepreneurial career by founding a business in Germany. Later he moved to the United Arab Emirates
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, where he founded Sukar.com. After selling it to Souq.com, he later established SellAnyCar.com becoming its CEO.[Gulf Marketing Review: Saygin Yalcin, founder and CEO of sellanycar.com]
/ref> He is also well known on social media after appearing on YouTube
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[ He is a visiting instructor on entrepreneurship in Canadian University of Dubai. His YouTube channel produces the show ''Startup Hero'' where selected viewers pitch their idea to Yalcin and other investors for funding.
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sellanycar.com
For the expansion of sellanycar.com to Europe, he has collected about 10 million euros in an investment round from Polar Light Ventures.
References
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Living people
Businesspeople from Bremen
German people of Turkish descent
German expatriates in the United Arab Emirates
Turkish businesspeople
1985 births