Murat Özyeğin
 Murat Özyeğin    ( billionaire, businessman) | |
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| Born | 10 January 1976 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | • Carnegie Mellon University • Harvard Business School |
| Parents | • Hüsnü Özyeğin • Ayşen Özyeğin |
| Member of | Bilderberg/Steering committee, Global Relations Forum, WEF/Young Global Leaders/2008 |
Attended the Bilderberg in 2025 as vice president of the Turkish Industry and Business Association. Second-generation member of one of the wealthiest families of Turkey. | |
Murat Özyeğin is a Turkish businessman. He is a second-generation member of one of the wealthiest families of Turkey, and son of billionaire Hüsnü Özyeğin. He is a member of the steering committee of the Bilderberg Meeting as of June 2025.[1]
Background
Özyeğin was born on January 10, 1976, in Istanbul. His father Hüsnü Özyeğin said that he went to the US with just a thousand dollars in his pocket. After an MBA from Harvard Business School, Hüsnü founded his own bank in 1987, the Finansbank at the age of 43. He expanded it to a bank with more than 200 branches operating in nine countries out of Turkey, mostly in Europe.[2]
Education
Murat Özyeğin received his BS in Industry Management and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998 and MBA from Harvard Business School in 2003.[3]
Career
He began his career as a financial analyst within the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Bear Stearns in New York City. He moved to their London office in 2000 as a senior analyst.
He established the Strategy and Business Development Departments of Finansbank and Fiba Holding after his return to Turkey in 2003.[4]
He was elected as the chairman of the board of Endeavor Turkey for two consecutive terms.[5] He is the chairman of the Fiba Holding, an executive board member of Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation,[6] TÜSİAD, member of the board of trustees of Özyeğin University and WWF, member of Global Relations Forum and member of Global Advisory Council of Harvard University.
On January 1, 2017, he was appointed as the honorary council of Singapore to Istanbul and to İzmir.[7] He has been elected as the new chair of the Türkiye-US Business Council on January 20th 2024.[8]
He is a member of the steering committee of the Bilderberg Meeting as of June 2025.[9]
Murat Özyeğin has three daughters and a son.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2025 | 12 June 2025 | 15 June 2025 | Sweden Stockholm | The 71st Bilderberg Meeting, the location and dates of which were announced online in 2024 |
| Bilderberg/2026 | 9 April 2026 | 12 April 2026 | US Washington DC Salamander Hotel | The 72nd Bilderberg Meeting, the location and dates of which were reported in April 2026, just days before the event. This is a sharp contrast with the 2025 Bilderberg, which was exposed online in 2024. |
References
- ↑ http://www.ozyegin.edu.tr/en/Hakkimizda/Yonetim/Mutevelli-Heyeti
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/profile/husnu-ozyegin
- ↑ http://www.crediteuropebank.com/the-bank/corporate-governance/supervisory-board/supervisory-board-cvs.html
- ↑ https://www.fibaemeklilik.com.tr/about-us/the-board.aspx
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014846/http://www.fortuneturkey.com/fotograf/3-murat-ozyegin-39-fiba-holding-yonetim-kurulu-baskan-vekili-14988#popup
- ↑ http://www.husnuozyeginvakfi.org.tr/kurumsal-yapi
- ↑ http://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2017/01/MFA-Press-Statement-Appointment-of-Singapores-Honorary-ConsulGeneral-in-Istanbul-Turkey-2-Jan-2017
- ↑ https://taik.org.tr/en-US/Executive-Board-Members
- ↑ https://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/meetings/meeting-2025/participants-2025
