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Fethi Sabancı Kamışlı has a B.A. degree in Economics from Tufts University and has a certificate in Corporate Finance from the London School of Business and Finance.
Ali Sabancı is Member of the Board of Pegasus Airlines and vice chairperson of Mars Sportif which are part of the Esas Private Equity portfolio. He also serves on the board of Esas Properties.
Ali is one of the co-founders of Esas Social, which was established to facilitate sustainable social investment. He focuses on increasing awareness of entrepreneurship in Turkey. As the president of the Young Entrepreneurs Board in the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), he has led successful projects including Angel Investing Legislation, Global Entrepreneurship Congress, G3 Forum, Global Entrepreneurship Week and TIM Innovation Week - Born Global. He is also an angel investor in more than 25 start-up companies.
Ali is a member of the Turkish American Business Association and the Turkish Family Business Association. In 2018 he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by the French government for his contributions to economic relations between Turkey and France.
Ali Sabancı earned his M.B.A. degree with a major in International Finance from Columbia Business School and B.A. degree in Politics and Economics from Tufts University.
Can Köseoğlu is a member of the Investment Committee of Esas Ventures. Can started his career at Esas Holding’s Food Group, working for various portfolio companies including Gıdaser, Bonservis and Esaslı Group. Can also founded Döner Stop, a fast food chain with eight branches across 4 cities in Turkey and exited the business to TAB Food Investments in 2018.
Can Köseoğlu received a B.A. degree in Economics from Tufts University.
Çağatay (Chaatai) Özdoğru oversees all of ESAS’ investment platforms/business lines including real estate, private equity, venture capital and wealth management, also serves on their investment committees. He is a board member of ESAS Properties, ESAS Wealth Management and various private equity portfolio companies including Pegasus Airlines.
Çağatay joined ESAS in 2005 as an executive board member and has been the Group CEO since 2010. He played a major role in establishing ESAS Private Equity both in Türkiye as well as abroad. He led a number of ESAS’ private equity investments and exits of various portfolio companies including UN Ro-Ro, Mars Cinema Group, Mars Athletics and Peyman.
Previously, Çağatay was the president of IT & Telecommunications Investments at Sabancı Holding. Prior to that, he held various positions in the tech & telecommunications industry, where he last served as the executive vice president of the MEA region at Global One, a member of France Telecom Group.
In 2020, Çağatay was appointed as the chairman of Türkiye - France Business Council at DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Council of Türkiye). Çağatay is also a member of the Board of Directors at TUSIAD (Turkish Business & Industry Association) as of April 2022. He is also a current board member of the Turkish Basketball Federation. Previously, he served as the chairman of Türkiye - Sweden Business Council and Türkiye - Croatia Business Council, and board member of TBV (Türkiye IT Foundation) and TUBISAD (Türkiye IT Industry Association). He was also the president of Sigortamnet İTÜ Basket of Turkish Basketball League between 2018-2019.
Çağatay Özdoğru earned his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University, where he received the Hall of Fame Award for Alumni in 2016, and B.S. degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.
Burak has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Middle East Technical University followed by an MBA degree. In 2015, he has attended Executive Management training program in Harvard Business School.
Fethi Sabancı Kamışlı has a B.A. degree in Economics from Tufts University and has a certificate in Corporate Finance from the London School of Business and Finance.
Burak is a Senior Associate at Esas Ventures. Previously, he was part of PwC’s deals team, where he participated in the financial due diligence process of over 20 deals, involving Private Equity/Venture Capital firms and Strategic Investors across the globe.
Burak has a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Victoria, where he graduated with distinction. He also completed a 1 year exchange program at Bocconi University.
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