At the top of the list is Hamdi Ulukaya, who created a yoghurt giant with the Chobani brand in the USA. Tera Holding’s founder Emre Tezmen and his father Oğuz Tezmen made a top entry into the list. Brothers Tülay Kazancı and Mehmet Kazancı and shareholders of Enka İnşaat, whose market value is approaching 12 billion dollars: Ceyda Lale Tara, Yasemin Zeynep Keyman and Leyla Tara Suyabatmaz from the Tara Family; Vildan Gülçelik, from the Gülçelik Family, became a dollar billionaire for the first time. Turgay Ciner regained the title of dollar billionaire, which he lost last year.
Hamdi Ulukaya
$13.5 billion
Chobani – Food
Hamdi Ulukaya, known as the Yogurt King, is the founder of Chobani, America’s most popular strained yoghurt brand.
Murat Ülker
$5.3 billion
Yıldız Holding – Food
Murat Ülker is not at the top this year, but considering that Hamdi Ulukaya’s company, which is at the top of the list, is established in the USA, we can still say that he is the richest person in Türkiye with his shares in Yıldız Holding.
Şaban Cemil Kazanci
$4.9 billion
Kazancı Holding- Energy
Şaban Cemil Kazancı is the largest shareholder and Chairman of Kazancı Holding, one of Türkiye’s largest energy companies.
