Sevil Sabancı (born January 4, 1973) is a

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businesswoman and a member of the

Sabancı family The Sabancı family is one of the wealthiest families in Turkey according to the Forbes billionaires list of 2016, with an estimated fortune ranging between $20–30 billion. The family's main business entity was founded by Hacı Ömer Sabancı in ...

in third generation.

Biography

She was born on January 4, 1973, in

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as the third child of

Sakıp Sabancı Sakıp Sabancı (7 April 1933 – 10 April 2004) was a Turkish business tycoon and philanthropist. Biography He was the second son of a cotton trader and worked in his father's business without completing high school. He was the head of Turkey' ...

, the founder of

Sabancı Holding Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding A.Ş., commonly abbreviated as Sabancı Holding, is an industrial and financial conglomerate with headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey. The company's primary activities are in financial services, energy (electricity generat ...

’s second biggest industrial and financial conglomerate. Sevil received a degree in Business Administration from

Marmara University Marmara University ( Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...

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, Melissa, 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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