Ahmet Calik

$1.55B

as of 05/10/26

About Ahmet Calik

Ahmet Calik built his fortune on denim, selling to Diesel, Levi's, Gap and other Western brands, but textiles are now ancillary in his group Calik Holding.

With a footprint stretching from Turkey and the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Calik is active in construction, banking, telecom and mining.

Calik Holding has a partnership with Mitsubishi Corp. dating back to 1990s, when the companies began collaborating on plant construction in Central Asia.

In 2015, Mitsubishi acquired 4.5% of Calik Energy, which serves five cities in Turkey and has projects in such places as Turkmenistan, Libya, Georgia and Yemen.

Besides providing services to energy plants, the company has electricity and gas distribution businesses and a portfolio of power generation assets.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Türkiye

Source of wealth

Energy, banking, construction

Residence

Istanbul, Türkiye

Marital status

Married

Birth date

03/01/58 (age 68)

Number of children

Self-made

self-made

Ahmet Calik’s fortune is worth

26K

troy ounces of gold

24K

median U.S. household

16K

median U.S. income

0.031%

U.S. credit card volume

0.006%

GDP of the United States

0.005%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In terms of contract value, Calik Holding's pipeline of construction and energy projects amounts to around $7 billion.