Mehmet Sabancı (April 25, 1963 – November 9, 2004), a member in third generation of the renowned
Sabancı family
The Sabancı family is one of the wealthiest families in Turkey.
The family's main business entity was founded by Hacı Ömer Sabancı in the 1930s. Hacı Ömer Sabancı, the progenitor of the Sabancı family, moved from his native Kayseri to Ada ...
in
Turkey
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, was a businessman.
Mehmet was born on April 25, 1963, in
Adana
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as the third child and the second son of
Hacı Sabancı
Hacı Sabancı (25 June 1935 – 26 June 1998) was a Turkish businessman, philanthropist, and second-generation member of the renowned Sabancı family.
He was born in the Akçakaya village of Kayseri Province as the third son of Hacı Ömer Sa ...
(1935–1998). His father was the son of
Hacı Ömer Sabancı
Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1 January 1906 – 2 February 1966) was a Turkish entrepreneur, who founded a number of companies, which later formed the second largest industrial and financial conglomerate of Turkey, the Sabancı Holding. He initiat ...
(1906–1966), the founder of
Sabancı Holding
Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding A.Ş., commonly abbreviated as Sabancı Holding, is an industrial and financial conglomerate with headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey. The company's primary activities are in financial services, energy (electricity genera ...
, the second largest industrial and financial conglomerate of Turkey. After he finished the high school at Tarsus American College in
Tarsus,
province Mersin, he was educated in
Business Administration
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Overview
The administration of a business includes the performance o ...
at
US International University Europe in
London
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,
UK.
He worked from 1983 on 18 years long at several posts in the family owned
Akbank and Sabancı Holding. In 2001, he quit his high ranked position in the holding as head of the food group with US$1.3 billion turnover, and started his own business in upper class car trade representing
Smart
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,
Aston Martin
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,
Cadillac
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,
Porsche
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,
Brabus
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Mercedes-Benz
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,
Startech Chrysler
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,
MG and
Rover
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brands. Later, he extended his business interests to food, electronics and petroleum products under the roof of his F&B-Group Company.
Mehmet Sabancı died of a
heart attack
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on November 9, 2004, in a hotel room during a business trip in
London
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at age 41. His corpse was brought to Turkey and was buried in
Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
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The ce ...
in Ä°stanbul. He and his wife Zeynep and two sons, Faruk and Burak. He was brother of
Ömer Sabancı
Ömer Sabancı (born 1959) is a Turkish businessman and a member of Turkey's second-wealthiest Sabancı family in third generation in Turkey.
Biography
He was born 1959 in Adana as the first son of Hacı Sabancı (1935–1998), son of Hacı Öm ...
, former chairman of the prestigious "Turkish Businesspeople Association"
TÃœSÄ°AD
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Founded in 1971, TÃœSÄ°AD is a voluntary, independent, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting public welfare through private enterpris ...
, and
Demet Cetindogan, member of the board of textile giant Bossa.
References
Our unforgettables at Sabancı websiteF&B-Group website
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1963 births
2004 deaths
Businesspeople from Adana
Tarsus American College alumni
Mehmet Sabanci
Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery