Ali Sabancı

Ali İsmail Sabancı (born May 5, 1969; Adana) is a Turkish businessperson and a third generation member of the Sabancı Family. He is the Chairperson of Esas Holding.

Education

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.

Career Ali Sabancı is the Chairperson of Esas Holding and Pegasus Airlines, vice chairperson of Mars Athletic and a board member of Ayakkabı Dünyası, 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. In January 2020 his father Şevket Sabancı handed the chairmanship of Esas Holding to Ali Sabancı, with Emine Sabancı Kamışlı as vice-chair and H. Çağatay Özdoğru continuing as chief executive officer.

Ali is a member of the Turkish American Business Association and the Turkish Family Business Association. He is a member of Board of Trustees of Entrepreneurship Foundation and a founding member of GEN (Global Entrepreneurship Network ) Türkiye.

In 2018 he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by the French government for his contributions to economic relations between Turkey and France.

Personal life Ali Sabancı is married to Vuslat Doğan Sabancı and has two sons, Emrecan Şevket Sabancı and Kaan Ali Sabancı.