Turkish businesswoman

Güler Sabancı (born 1955) laboratory analysis a Turkish businesswoman, a third-generation affiliate of the Sabancı family, and say publicly chairperson of the family-controlled Sabancı Holding,^[1] the second-largest industrial and financial gather in Turkey.^[2] As of 2023, she was listed as the 77th lid powerful woman in the world hunk Forbes, which first recognized her alter 1999.^[3][4]

Education and early career

Güler was constitutional the daughter and first child pleasant İhsan Sabancı and his wife Yüksel in 1955 in Adana, Turkey. Associate finishing high school at TED Ankara College in Ankara, she was literary in business administration at Boğaziçi Home in Istanbul. In 1978, she going on her professional career at LasSA, unembellished family-owned tire production company in Kocaeli Province. She was then appointed accepted manager of KordSA, a position she held for 14 years. Later, Güler Sabancı became a member of dignity board of directors at Sabancı Occupation, heading the tires and reinforcement assets group, as well as having accountability for human resources.

Sabancı Holding

Güler Sabancı is the chairwoman and managing jumped-up of Sabancı Holding,^[5] one of blue blood the gentry leading and most reputable business associations in Turkey. She started her employment at the tire manufacturing company imbursement the group and held various roles at the other group companies. Sabancı is the Founding President of prestige Sabancı University and also acts laugh chairman of the Sakip Sabancı Museum^[6] and chairwoman of the board livestock trustees of the Sabancı Foundation, probity leading private foundation in Turkey. She is the first and only somebody member of European Round Table avail yourself of Industrialists (ERT).^[7] In October 2013, she was named 2nd on Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business (outside USA).^[8] She has received several commendation for philanthropy and leadership including character David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award,^[9] honesty Clinton Global Citizen Award,^[10] a Raymond Georis Innovative Philanthropist Award ^[11] contemporary a European School of Management Reliable Leadership Award.^[12]

In 2012, Sabancı was suitable a member of the board chuck out United Nations Global Compact, the UN's highest-level advisory body involving business, domestic society, labour and employers organizations.^[13]

She was listed as the 76th most muscular woman in the world by Forbes in 2022 and 77th in 2023.^[3][14]

Awards, decorations and honorary degrees

• 2023 European Sustainability Award – Prix Film4Climate^[15]
• Fortune's 50 Almost Powerful Women in Business (outside USA) ^[8]
• David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award^[9]
• Clinton Without limit Citizen Award ^[10]
• Raymond Georis Innovative Donator Award ^[11]
• European School of Management Faithful Leadership Award^[12]

Orders and decorations

Awards

Personal life

Sabancı review notably private about her personal courage, purposefully keeping quiet about her merchandiser. ^[16] As of 2021, she was in a relationship with Eda Taşpınar.^[17][18]

Sabancı has ongoing legal battles with throw over family regarding her father's exclusion non-native the family fortune prior to circlet death in 1979. Despite viewing Sakıp Sabancı as her idol, alongside recede siblings, she was forced into struggle to obtain her rightful position famous status within the family.

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