Mustafa Gültepe
Mustafa Gültepe | |
|---|---|
| President of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | İsmail Gülle [1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Tonya, Trabzon |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
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| Profession | Businessman, Industrialist |
Mustafa Gültepe (born 1968 in Tonya, Trabzon) is the current President of Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM),[2][3] Chairman of the Board of Directors of Istanbul Ready-to-Wear and Apparel Exporters' Association (İHKİB)(in Turkish: İstanbul Hazır Giyim ve Konfeksiyon İhracatçıları Birliği ),[4][5] and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK).[6]
Career
[edit]Gültepe graduated from Dokuz Eylul University Industrial Engineering Department in 1990 and obtained his master's degree from Istanbul University in 1997.[7]
He joined the textile industry in 1992 with Taha Tekstil and became a founding partner and the chairman of the board of Talu Tekstil AŞ, which was established in 1994 as a subordinate of Taha Group.[8]
Gültepe joined the management board of İHKİB in 2006 and served as the Vice Chairman of the Board between 2014 and 2018 and became the Chairman of İHKİB in the elections held in April 2018.[9][10] He was elected as the consensus chairman of the board of directors at the 29th Ordinary General Assembly of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) held on 13 June 2022, winning all valid 273 votes of the 274 votes cast, an event attended by President Erdogan.[11] He was also the Chairman of Sakarya 1st Organized Industrial Zone from 2017 to 2021.[12]
Gültepe employs over 3,000 people through his textile production facilities in Istanbul, Sakarya and Malatya. He is married and has three children. He speaks English fluently.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "TİM'de Mustafa Gültepe dönemi başladı". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Mustafa Gültepe kimdir?(in Turkish)". cumhuriyet. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Bakan Bolat, TİM Başkanı Mustafa Gültepe'yi Kabul Etti(in Turkish)". ticaret.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "İHKİB Başkanı Gültepe: Maskedeki 1 liralık tavan fiyat, üreticiyi kurtarır (In Turkish)". Independent Türkçe. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ "Textile industry seeks government aid to remain competitive". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "YÖNETİM KURULU(In Turkish)". Foreign Economic relations board.
- ^ "TİM Başkanı Mustafa Gültepe kimdir?(in Turkish)". Haberler. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "Mustafa Gültepe, TİM'in yeni başkanı oldu (Mustafa Gültepe kimdir?)(In Turkish)". ntv.com.tr. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Hazır giyim ihracatı 18,5 milyar dolara koşuyor(in Turkish)". dunya.com. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ^ "TİM'de Mustafa Gültepe Dönemi Başladı(in Turkish)". Gümrük. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ "TİM'de yeni başkan Gültepe(in Turkish)". Hurriyet. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "MUSTAFA GULTEPE". Foreign Economic relations board.
- ^ "Mustafa Gültepe". TiM.