Turkish Billionaires according to Forbes

Forbes announced the list of dollar billionaires, saying “The billionaires club has never been bigger,” and has passed the 3,000-person threshold for the first time in history. Türkiye’s 35 billionaires have nearly three times the total wealth of the poorest 50 percent, or 42.5 million people.

Mavi Boncuk |

Murat Ülker (born 1959) is a Turkish billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Yıldız Holding, the largest food company in the CEEMEA region (Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa). Yıldız owns businesses including Godiva Chocolatier, pladis, and Şok Markets.

According to Forbes, the people who made the list from Turkey and their wealth are as follows:

Murat Ülker (639th richest person in the world): $5.5 billion

Şaban Cemil Kazancı (846th richest person in the world): $4.3 billion

Uğur Şahin (846th richest person in the world): $4.3 billion

Eren Özmen (942nd richest person in the world): $4 billion

Fatih Özmen (948th richest person in the world): $3.8 billion

İpek Kıraç (1141st richest person in the world): $3.2 billion

Semahat Arsel (1172nd richest person in the world): $3.1 billion

Erman Ilıcak (1172nd richest person in the world): $3.1 billion

Mustafa Rahmi Koç (1305th in the world): $2.8 billion

Ferit Şahenk (1305th in the world): $2.8 billion

Filiz Şahenk (1408th in the world): $2.6 billion

Feridun Geçgel (1462nd in the world): $2.5 billion

Mehmet and Sinan Tara (1462nd in the world): $2.5 billion

Hamdi Ulukaya (1573rd in the world): $2.3 billion

İbrahim Erdemoğlu (1688th in the world): $2.1 billion

Ali Metin Kazancı (1763rd in the world): $2 billion

Mustafa Küçük (1763rd in the world): $2 billion

Sezai Bacaksız (1850th in the world): $1.9 billion

Şefik Yılmaz Dizdar (1850th in the world): $1.9 billion

Nihat Özdemir (1850th in the world): $1.9 billion

Selçuk Bayraktar (1947th in the world): $1.8 billion

Ali Erdemoğlu (1947th in the world): $1.8 billion

Hamdi Akın and family (2019th in the world): $1.7 billion

Haluk Bayraktar (2110th in the world): $1.6 billion

Ahmet Çalık (2233rd in the world): $1.5 billion

Deniz Şahenk (2233rd in the world): $1.5 billion

Mehmet Aydınlar (2356th in the world): $1.4 billion

Türker Kazım (2356th in the world): $1.4 billion

Bülent Eczacıbaşı (2479th in the world): $1.3 billion

Aydın Doğan (2623rd in the world): $1.2 billion

Mustafa Latif Topbaş (2623rd in the world): $1.2 billion

Hüsnü Özyeğin (2789th in the world): $1.15 billion

Faruk Eczacıbaşı (2790th in the world): $1.1 billion

Ahmed Topbaş (2790th in the world): $1.1 billion

Murat Vargı (2790th in the world): $1.1 billion