Bachelor's degree, Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Istanbul Technical Univ. Entrepreneur; has invested and managed businesses in Turkey and Germany in tourism, technology and energy. 1990-93, Adviser to Turgut Özal, the eighth president of Turkey. 2000, established Vito. Mid 1990s, M&A Adviser during the sale of three German banks to buyers from Turkey and Kazakhstan. Initiated projects such as the Isken 1,320 MW coal-fired project. Member: DEIK; Turkish-German Businessmen Council, Frankfurt; German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce, Istanbul. Several Turkish championships in swimming and with the water ball team in the Galatasaray Sport Club.