Nationality Turkish Net worth 2.2 billion USD (2015) Role Businessman | Name Rahmi Koc Occupation Businessman Parents Sadberk Koc, Vehbi Koc | |
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Spouse Cigdem Simavi (m. 1957–1973) Children Ali Yildirim Koc, Omer Mehmet Koc, Mustafa V. Koc Siblings Semahat Sevim Arsel, Suna Kirac, Sevgi Gonul Similar People Vehbi Koc, Ali Yildirim Koc, Omer Mehmet Koc, Semahat Sevim Arsel, Suna Kirac | ||
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World Business: Rahmi Koc Interview 29/05/09
Rahmi Mustafa Koç (born in 1930 in Ankara), is a Turkish businessman and philanthropist. In 2016, Forbes ranked him #906 richest person in the world with a net worth of $2.6 billion. In 2013, he is the Turkish person who paid the most income taxes in his country, totalling 37.5 million liras.
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- World Business Rahmi Koc Interview 290509
- Early life
- Career
- Other mandates and memberships
- Honorary doctorates
- Awards
- Private life
- References
Early life
Rahmi Koç was the only son of one of Turkey's wealthiest man Vehbi Koç. He attended high school at Robert College in Istanbul after his primary education in Ankara. Rahmi Koç then studied at the Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. and received his B.A. in industrial management.
Career
Following his military service, he started actively working for the Koç Group in 1958, joining the Otokoç Company in Ankara. In 1960, he transferred to Koç Ticaret, which represented the Koç Group in Ankara. Following the relocation of the Koç Holding headquarters from Ankara to Istanbul in 1964, which was established a year earlier, he became general coordinator of Koç Holding A.Ş. and moved to Istanbul.
Thereafter in 1970, he became chairman of the executive committee and in 1975 deputy chairman of the board of management. Rahmi Koç was appointed chairman of the Koç Holding management committee in 1980. His father Vehbi Koç transferred his chairmanship to his son on March 30, 1984. Rahmi Koç retired from this duty on April 4, 2003, transferring his chair to his eldest son Mustafa Koç. Rahmi Koç is currently Honorary Chairman of the Koç Holding.
A visit to Henry Ford Museum in Michigan inspired him to create the Rahmi M Koç Museum in Istanbul, which is dedicated to the history of transport, industry and communications exhibiting trains, submarines and autos.
In 2013, he bought the Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Co., Florida's oldest boatyard, and renamed it RMK Merrill-Stevens. He is the owner of a 171-foot yacht, the Nazenin V.
Other mandates and memberships
Honorary doctorates
Rahmi Koç received honorary doctorates from the following universities:
Awards
Rahmi Koç was awarded by various national and international institutions as listed below:
Private life
Rahmi Koç has three sons: Mustafa Vehbi (1960-2016), Ömer Mehmet (1962) and Ali Yıldırım (1967) from his previous marriage to Çiğdem Simavi. His son Mustafa died on January 21, 2016, of a heart attack, at the age of 55.