10.03.2026 16:30
Forbes magazine published the current list of Turkish businesspeople whose fortunes are at the billion-dollar level. At the top of the list is Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder of Chobani, with a fortune of 13.5 billion dollars.
According to the list published by Forbes, Hamdi Ulukaya, who achieved global success with his yogurt brand Chobani established in the USA, became the richest person in Turkey with a fortune of 13.5 billion dollars. He was followed by Murat Ülker, Chairman of Yıldız Holding, with a fortune of 5.3 billion dollars.
FAMILIAR NAMES CAUGHT ATTENTION ON THE LIST
The list, which includes business people from various sectors such as energy, defense industry, finance, and technology, features Şaban Cemil Kazancı and Eren Özmen in the upper ranks with their fortunes of 4.9 billion dollars, while Fatih Özmen and Uğur Şahin, one of the founders of BioNTech, were among the notable names with 4.7 billion dollars.
THE 20 RICHEST NAMES IN TURKEY ACCORDING TO FORBES
According to the list published by Forbes, the dollar billionaire business people of Turkey and their estimated fortunes are as follows:
- Hamdi Ulukaya: 13.5 billion dollars
- Murat Ülker: 5.3 billion dollars
- Şaban Cemil Kazancı: 4.9 billion dollars
- Eren Özmen: 4.9 billion dollars
- Fatih Özmen: 4.7 billion dollars
- Uğur Şahin: 4.7 billion dollars
- Erman Ilıcak: 3.8 billion dollars
- Ferit Faik Şahenk: 3.2 billion dollars
- Filiz Şahenk: 2.9 billion dollars
- Feridun Geçgel: 2.7 billion dollars
- İpek Kıraç: 2.7 billion dollars
- Semahat Sevim Arsel: 2.7 billion dollars
- Selçuk Bayraktar: 2.7 billion dollars
- Mustafa Rahmi Koç: 2.6 billion dollars
- Mehmet Sinan Tara: 2.5 billion dollars
- Haluk Bayraktar: 2.4 billion dollars
- Ahmet Çalık: 2.3 billion dollars
- Mustafa Küçük: 2.2 billion dollars
- Mehmet Ali Aydınlar: 2.1 billion dollars
- Şefik Yılmaz Dizdar: 2 billion dollars
- Hüsnü Özyeğin: 2 billion dollars
- Sezai Bacaksız: 2 billion dollars
- Nihat Özdemir: 2 billion dollars
- Hamdi Akın and Family: 1.8 billion dollars
- Bülent Eczacıbaşı: 1.6 billion dollars
- Deniz Şahenk: 1.6 billion dollars
- Turgay Ciner: 1.5 billion dollars
- Kazım Türker: 1.3 billion dollars
- Faruk Eczacıbaşı: 1.3 billion dollars
- Emre Tezmen: 1.3 billion dollars
- İbrahim Erdemoğlu: 1.2 billion dollars
- Mustafa Latif Topbaş: 1.2 billion dollars
- Ceyda Lale Tara: 1.2 billion dollars
- Yasemin Zeynep Keyman: 1.2 billion dollars
- Leyla Tara Suyabatmaz: 1.2 billion dollars
- Vildan Gülçelik: 1.1 billion dollars
- Mehmet Kazancı: 1.1 billion dollars
- Ahmed Afif Topbaş: 1.1 billion dollars
- Ali Erdemoğlu: 1.1 billion dollars
- Oğuz Tezmen: 1.1 billion dollars
- Murat Vargı: 1 billion dollars
- Aydın Doğan: 1 billion dollars
- Tülay Kazancı: 1 billion dollars