Yaşar Begümhan Doğan Faralyalı (born 1 January 1976) is a Turkish

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who is the chairwoman of

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. She is the youngest daughter of

Aydın Doğan Aydın Doğan (born 15 April 1936) is a Turkish business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Doğan Holding, one of Turkey's largest conglomerates. Biography Born in 1936 as a member of a well-known family in Kelkit, Doğan went to el ...

and

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. She is the top 50 leading women in the world.

Life and education

She was born in 1976 in

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, the fourth daughter of Aydın Doğan and Sema Doğan, after Arzuhan,

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and Hanzade. During her high school years, she played basketball for

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until the age of 18. She completed her university education in economics and philosophy at the

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. After finishing his undergraduate education, he did his master's degree at

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. In 2004, she married Ahmet Faralyalı, the son of former Turkish Energy Minister Ersin Faralyalı. She had 2 children from this marriage.

Business career

He started his professional career as a consultant at

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. After this experience, he moved to

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. He advised on restructuring projects for leading European media and technology companies. He joined

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in 2004 as vice president in charge of international growth and foreign investments before assuming the position of Chairman of the Board of

. In 2007, he founded

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, Romania's national entertainment channel. In 2009, he became CEO of Star TV, and in 2010 he became Chairman of Doğan TV Holding, which includes

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and

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. In January 2012, he became the chairman of the board of Doğan Holding. Faralyalı is also the chairman of the board of Doğan Publishing, Sesa Production, Sesa Packaging and Karel. Begüm Doğan Faralyalı is the founder and spokesperson of the "Common Values Movement" in Turkey

National and international memberships

* Active membership in the B for Good Leaders community * WEF(World Economic Forum) regular participant. * Member of the BSDC (Business and Sustainable Development Commission) established within the

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(WEF). * WWF(World Wide Fund for Nature) trustee member * TÜSİAD(Turkish Industry and Business Association) * Membership in GRF(Global Relations Forum).

References

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