Ahmet Nazif Zorlu (botn 28 August 1944 in Babadağ,

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) is a Turkish businessman, a billionaire and chairman of

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He attended primary school at Gazi İlkokulu in Izmir. Zorlu began working in the business of his father

Hacı Mehmet Zorlu Hacı Mehmet Zorlu (1919 in Babadağ, Denizli – May 7, 2005 in Istanbul) was the founder of Zorlu Holding, one of the biggest group of companies in Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in An ...

, a textile factory. Ahmet Nazif Zorlu and his brother Zeki Zorlu expanded the business in 1960, by opening a store in

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, and one in

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later in 1966. Zorlu noted a gap in the textile market, and began producing patterned bed sheets under the TAÇ brand, and later produced the first king-sized bed sheets in Turkey. In 2017, Zorlu was listed by ''

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'' as one of the richest men in Turkey, with an estimated US$1.3 billion fortune.

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1944 births Living people People from Babadağ, Denizli Turkish billionaires Turkish businesspeople {{Turkey-business-bio-stub

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