Turkish businessman.
In the late 1950s he and his brother, Mustafa Boydak, opened a work-shop in the first industrial zone in Kayseri town and in 1976, following a visit to Europe to buy machinery, they established the first factory for mass production of furniture in the region
Today the business started by the two brothers – Boydak Holding - has grown into a conglomerate comprising 22 companies and an export network spanning 70 countries. Managed by their six sons, the holding includes a bank, a transport company, a trade company and Turkeys largest cable factory. At its centre, however, are Turkey's two most famous furniture brands, Istikbal and Bellona. In total Boydak Holding employs more than 12,000 people (some 10,000 in Kayseri itself) and in 2004 it had a turn-over of over US$ 1,2 billion.
In the late 1950s he and his brother, Mustafa Boydak, opened a work-shop in the first industrial zone in Kayseri town and in 1976, following a visit to Europe to buy machinery, they established the first factory for mass production of furniture in the region
Today the business started by the two brothers – Boydak Holding - has grown into a conglomerate comprising 22 companies and an export network spanning 70 countries. Managed by their six sons, the holding includes a bank, a transport company, a trade company and Turkeys largest cable factory. At its centre, however, are Turkey's two most famous furniture brands, Istikbal and Bellona. In total Boydak Holding employs more than 12,000 people (some 10,000 in Kayseri itself) and in 2004 it had a turn-over of over US$ 1,2 billion.
Turkish businessman.
In the late 1950s he and his brother, Mustafa Boydak, opened a work-shop in the first industrial zone in Kayseri town and in 1976, following a visit to Europe to buy machinery, they established the first factory for mass production of furniture in the region
Today the business started by the two brothers – Boydak Holding - has grown into a conglomerate comprising 22 companies and an export network spanning 70 countries. Managed by their six sons, the holding includes a bank, a transport company, a trade company and Turkeys largest cable factory. At its centre, however, are Turkey's two most famous furniture brands, Istikbal and Bellona. In total Boydak Holding employs more than 12,000 people (some 10,000 in Kayseri itself) and in 2004 it had a turn-over of over US$ 1,2 billion.
In the late 1950s he and his brother, Mustafa Boydak, opened a work-shop in the first industrial zone in Kayseri town and in 1976, following a visit to Europe to buy machinery, they established the first factory for mass production of furniture in the region
Today the business started by the two brothers – Boydak Holding - has grown into a conglomerate comprising 22 companies and an export network spanning 70 countries. Managed by their six sons, the holding includes a bank, a transport company, a trade company and Turkeys largest cable factory. At its centre, however, are Turkey's two most famous furniture brands, Istikbal and Bellona. In total Boydak Holding employs more than 12,000 people (some 10,000 in Kayseri itself) and in 2004 it had a turn-over of over US$ 1,2 billion.
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