John Olcay

Önder John Olcay (1940 - ) was a Turkish-American financier who was instrumental in the development of asset management services to central banks. As a partner of W. Greenwell & Co., he was also one of the first members of the London Stock Exchange not born in the UK or the British Commonwealth. He studied at Robert College in Istanbul, then at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he obtained a Master of Arts and Master of Business Administration.

Career Going by John Olcay while living in the United States, he then became a Vice President at the Bank of New York, helping to establish their first international office in London. In the late 1960s, he started advising global Netherlands-based insurer Aegon N.V.,

In 1974, Olcay initiated a joint offering with the recently established Fischer Francis Trees & Watts (FFTW) to advise central banks and other investors on their management of US dollar-denominated assets. In 1983, Olcay joined FFTW on a full-time basis, and subsequently became a vice chairman and managing director of the firm.

Personal life and legacy John Olcay had a son, John R. Olcay, from a first marriage. He married Phoebe Miller on .