Hansade Dogan-Boiner is behind one of Turkey’s most successful technology companies. And thanks to her stock market debut, its founder has earned a place among the richest people in the world.
Dogan-Boiner is the founder and chairman of the leading online trading platform in our southern neighbor Hepsiburada. Earlier this week, the company debuted on the US Nasdaq stock exchange, with its shares rising more than 10%, raising its market capitalization to almost 4.6 billion dollars.
Businesswoman Hansade Dogan-Boiner owns 21.5% of the company’s $ 1 billion worth of stock. Together with other family investments and companies, its total net worth amounts to 1.5 billion dollars, writes Forbes.
As part of the wealthiest families in Turkey, Dogan-Boiner began his career in the family conglomerate Dogan Holding after graduating from Columbia University. In 2000, she founded the company Dogan Online, part of which became the online trading platform, later called Hepsburada.
Initially, the Internet company traded mainly in electronics, and over the years has developed into something like a local Amazon. Last year, the company’s revenue was $ 733 million, with 9 million active users and 33 million members.
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