Ahmet Nazif Zorlu

About Ahmet Nazif Zorlu

Ahmet Nazif Zorlu presides over one of Turkey's biggest corporate groups, operating in textiles, real estate, energy, mining and consumer durables.

His father, Haci Mehmet Zorlu, laid the foundation for Zorlu Holding in 1953 by starting a business weaving bed sheets on a homemade loom.

In the 1960s, Ahmet and brother Zeki grew the retail side of the business, initiated contract manufacturing and launched the home textiles brand TAC.

Zorlu entered the energy business in 1993 to power its textile production, then diversified into natural gas distribution, solar and other activities.

It makes Vestel-branded consumer electronics and appliances, and the domestic Venus cell phone.