Sevil Sabancı (born January 4, 1973) is a Turkish businesswoman and a member of the

Sabancı family 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 Ada ...

in third generation.

Biography

She was born on January 4, 1973, in

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as the third child of Sakıp Sabancı, the founder of Sabancı Holding,

’s second biggest industrial and financial conglomerate. Sevil received a degree in Business Administration from Marmara University in Istanbul. Following her graduation, she worked at various posts in family-owned companies, and then entered the board of directors of Sabancı Holding in 1997, serving until 2001. She is member of the board of Türkan Sabancı School for Sight Disabled, which was established by her mother, Türkan Sabancı. Inspired by the equestrian statue in the garden of her family’s former mansion Atlı Köşk ("The Equestrian Villa") in Emirgan, Istanbul, Sevil Sabancı is a passionate jumping rider competing internationally. In 2006, she finished first at

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Small Tour at 1.20 and won also the final competition in

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. She is vice president of the Turkish Equestrian Federation. She has a daughter, Melisa Sabancı Tapan, from her first marriage with Eran Tapan. Sevil Sabanci Sabanci is on the board of Haci Ömer Sabanci Holding AS, Sabanci Universitesi and Sakip Sabanci Müzesi and Member of Turkish Industry & Business Association.

References

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