He was born in Istanbul in 1969. He graduated from FMV Isik High School and then İU Department of Economics in 1990.

He started his career at Pamukbank Corporate Finance department in 1990 and worked there for 3 years. By this time, he completed his studies at Marmara University, International Banking and Finance graduate program.
 

Between 1993 and 2002, he worked for textile group of companies at senior executive roles.
 

He joined Unitim Group in 2002 and first managed İmteks, manufacturing & export company of the group. He completed restructuring the company in a highly competetive challenging global environment. Then he managed group’s retail activities starting from 2005 in Turkey and later on started retail operations in neighbourhood countries including Russia, CIS and Romania.
 

Started in September 2010, he continues managing Kanyon, a mixed use  real estate project built and owned by Eczacıbaşı Holding and İş GYO.