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Şevket Sabancı

Şevket Sabancı
Born 1936 (age 80–81)
Akçakaya village, Kayseri Province
Residence Istanbul, Bodrum, London
Nationality Turkish
Citizenship Turkey
Education Textile engineering
Alma mater University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Organization Sabancı Holding, Esas Holding
Notable work Haci Omer Sabanci Foundation, Sabancı Holding, Sabanci University, Esas Holding
Net worth IncreaseUS$ US$7-8 billion (2015)
Spouse(s) Hayırlı Zerrin Sabanci
Children Emine Sabancı Kamışlı, Ali İhsan Sabancı, Sadıka Sabancı
Parent(s) Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Sadıka Sabancı
Relatives İhsan Sabancı, Sakıp Sabancı, Hacı Sabancı, Erol Sabancı, Özdemir Sabancı

Şevket Sabancı (born 1936), a second generation member of the Sabancı family, is a billionaire Turkish businessman and philanthropist.

He was born 1936 in Kayseri, Turkey as the fourth son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı, a self-made wealthy trader, and Sadıka. Şevket was educated in textile engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in England. Returned home, he worked at managerial positions in a number of textile companies owned by his family. After 1980, he went abroad to represent Sabancı Holding. Currently, Şevket Sabancı is the chairperson of Esas Holding, the investment firm of his family's, which is the second largest shareholder in Air Berlin and the owner of Turkey's largest private airline company Pegasus Airlines.

Şevket Sabancı was also a founding member of the Sabancı Foundation VakSA.

He is married to Hayırlı Zerrin, with whom he has two daughters Emine Kamışlı, Sadıka Sabancı, and a son Ali Sabancı.

Şevket Sabancı (1936 Kayseri) married to Hayırlı Zerrin

Fethi Kamisli (m) (1991 London)

Kerem Kamisli (m) (1993 London)

Şevket Emrecan Sabancı (m) (London 2001)

Kaan Ali Sabancı (m) (New York 2003)


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