Ömer Koç | |
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Born | Mehmet Ömer Koç 24 March 1962
Ankara, Turkey |
Education |
Robert College Millfield Columbia College Columbia Business School |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Chairman of Koç Holding |
Parent | Rahmi Koç |
Relatives |
Mustafa Koç (brother) Ali Koç (brother) |
Website | Official Website |
Mehmet Ömer Koç (born 24 March 1962) is a Turkish businessman, art collector, and chairman of Koç Holding. In 2013 Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1.1 billion. [1]
Koç was born on 24 March 1962 in Ankara, Turkey. A third generation of the Koç family, he is the second son of Rahmi Koç and grandson of Vehbi Koç, founder of Koç Holding. [2] He graduated from Robert College in Istanbul, attended Millfield School in England, studied at Georgetown University before graduating from Columbia College in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in Ancient Greek. He obtained his MBA from Columbia Business School in 1989. [3] [4]
Koç began his business career working at Kofisa Trading Company in Geneva, Switzerland. He joined the family business in 1992 as a finance coordinator and was vice president and president of the Energy Group. He became a member of the board of directors in 2004 and vice chairman in 2008. [3] Shortly after his brother, Mustafa Vehbi Koç, died after a heart attack in 2016, Koç was elected chairman of Koç Holding, Turkey's largest company, in 2016. [5] The company's output contributes nearly 10 percent of Turkey's total GDP and is the only Turkish company on the Fortune 500 list. [5] He is also chairman of Tüpraş, the largest oil refiner and industrial company in the country. [6] [7] [8] He is chairman of the board of trustees of Koç University. [9] As of January 2018, Koc owns 0.74% of Koç Holding. [10] He sits on the steering committee of the Bilderberg meeting. [11]
Not much of Koç's personal life is known as he shies away from the public and media. [4] He lives in London and is known for his fondness for both contemporary and classical art. [4] [12] [13] [14] He is a sponsor of the Istanbul Biennial and Turkey's pavilion at the Venice Biennale. [15] He established the nonprofit art space Arter in 2010. [16] [14] For his sponsorship of Turkey's contemporary art scene, he was named by ArtReview as of the "100 Most influential people in 2016 in the contemporary artworld." [15] He also maintains an interest in Ottoman art, and has a large Iznik pottery collection. [17] He is reported to have the finest private collection of objects and books about Ottoman history in the world. [16] [18] [19]
Ömer Koç | |
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Born | Mehmet Ömer Koç 24 March 1962
Ankara, Turkey |
Education |
Robert College Millfield Columbia College Columbia Business School |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Chairman of Koç Holding |
Parent | Rahmi Koç |
Relatives |
Mustafa Koç (brother) Ali Koç (brother) |
Website | Official Website |
Mehmet Ömer Koç (born 24 March 1962) is a Turkish businessman, art collector, and chairman of Koç Holding. In 2013 Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1.1 billion. [1]
Koç was born on 24 March 1962 in Ankara, Turkey. A third generation of the Koç family, he is the second son of Rahmi Koç and grandson of Vehbi Koç, founder of Koç Holding. [2] He graduated from Robert College in Istanbul, attended Millfield School in England, studied at Georgetown University before graduating from Columbia College in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in Ancient Greek. He obtained his MBA from Columbia Business School in 1989. [3] [4]
Koç began his business career working at Kofisa Trading Company in Geneva, Switzerland. He joined the family business in 1992 as a finance coordinator and was vice president and president of the Energy Group. He became a member of the board of directors in 2004 and vice chairman in 2008. [3] Shortly after his brother, Mustafa Vehbi Koç, died after a heart attack in 2016, Koç was elected chairman of Koç Holding, Turkey's largest company, in 2016. [5] The company's output contributes nearly 10 percent of Turkey's total GDP and is the only Turkish company on the Fortune 500 list. [5] He is also chairman of Tüpraş, the largest oil refiner and industrial company in the country. [6] [7] [8] He is chairman of the board of trustees of Koç University. [9] As of January 2018, Koc owns 0.74% of Koç Holding. [10] He sits on the steering committee of the Bilderberg meeting. [11]
Not much of Koç's personal life is known as he shies away from the public and media. [4] He lives in London and is known for his fondness for both contemporary and classical art. [4] [12] [13] [14] He is a sponsor of the Istanbul Biennial and Turkey's pavilion at the Venice Biennale. [15] He established the nonprofit art space Arter in 2010. [16] [14] For his sponsorship of Turkey's contemporary art scene, he was named by ArtReview as of the "100 Most influential people in 2016 in the contemporary artworld." [15] He also maintains an interest in Ottoman art, and has a large Iznik pottery collection. [17] He is reported to have the finest private collection of objects and books about Ottoman history in the world. [16] [18] [19]