Şevket Sabancı

Şevket Sabancı
Şevket Sabancı
Born	1936 (age 87–88); Akçakaya village, Kayseri Province
Nationality	Turkish
Citizenship	Turkey
Education	Textile engineering
Alma mater	University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Organization(s)	Sabancı Holding, Esas Holding
Notable work	Haci Omer Sabanci Foundation, Sabancı Holding, Sabanci University, Esas Holding
Spouse	Hayırlı Zerrin Sabanci
Children	Emine Sabancı Kamışlı, Ali İhsan Sabancı, Sadıka Sabancı
Parent(s)	Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Sadıka Sabancı
Relatives	İhsan Sabancı, Sakıp Sabancı, Hacı Sabancı, Erol Sabancı, Özdemir Sabancı

Şevket Sabancı (born 1936), a second generation member of the Sabancı family, is a billionaire Turkish businessman and philanthropist.

Biography

He was born 1936 in Kayseri, Turkey as the fourth son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı, a self-made wealthy trader, and Sadıka. Şevket was educated in textile engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in England. Returned home, he worked at managerial positions in a number of textile companies owned by his family. After 1980, he went abroad to represent Sabancı Holding. Currently, Şevket Sabancı is the chairman of Esas Holding, the investment vehicle of his family, which owns the largest low cost carrier in Turkey Pegasus Airlines.

Şevket Sabancı was also a founding member of the Sabancı Foundation VakSA.

He is married to Hayırlı Zerrin, with whom he has two daughters Emine Kamışlı, Sadıka Sabancı, and a son Ali Sabancı.

Şevket Sabancı (1936 Kayseri) married to Hayırlı Zerrin

Fethi Sabanci Kamisli (m) (1991 London)

Kerem Sabanci Kamisli (m) (1993 London)

Şevket Emrecan Sabancı (m) (London 2001)

Kaan Ali Sabancı (m) (New York 2003)