Erol Ozensoy (born 1953), a self-made Turkish

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entreprene ...

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and businessmen, who founded Kimetsan, one of the largest chemical companies in Turkey today.

Biography

Ozensoy was born 1953 in

Hatay Hatay Province (, ) is the southernmost Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 1,686,043 (2022). It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, ...

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. He was educated in

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

and

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

, at the

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

. After having his master of science degree in Turkey, he won the scholarship of Turkish Government and studied

metallurgical engineering Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the ...

at the

Colorado School of Mines The Colorado School of Mines (Mines) is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1874, the school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, and mathematics, with a focus on ener ...

. After completing his second master's degree, he got his Ph.D. at the

Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...

in hydrometallurgy. Then he returned home to teach at

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, ...

and after 1986, he founded Kimetsan company. Currently, Ozensoy is the chairman of Kimetsan. He is married to Hatice, and he has 2 children Elvin Merve Ozensoy and Erdem Duhan Özensoy.

References

* http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?id=7073751&tarih=2007-08-13 *

External links

The Kimetsan Company official website
1953 births Living people People from İskenderun Turkish chemical engineers Turkish businesspeople {{turkey-engineer-stub Academic staff of Middle East Technical University