Mehmet Nazif Gunal
$1B
as of 10/12/21
About Mehmet Nazif Gunal
Through Mapa Group, Mehmet Nazif Gunal is active in a variety of sectors including hospitality, construction, transportation and energy production.
He received a civil engineering degree in 1971 and established his own construction firm, eventually taking on projects throughout the Middle East.
Mapa (formerly MNG Holding) owns 10 five-star hotels concentrated in Turkey's most important tourism regions.
Gunal is a proponent of generating energy through river-based turbines. Mapa's hydropower plants have a total installed capacity of 164 MWH.
Gunal's Avesoro Holdings mines gold in Africa, with two operations in Liberia and one in Burkina Faso.
Personal stats
Citizenship
TürkiyeSource of wealth
tourism, constructionResidence
Istanbul, TürkiyeMarital status
MarriedBirth date
02/01/48 (age 76)Number of children
3Self-made
self-madeMehmet Nazif Gunal’s fortune is worth
17K
troy ounces of gold
15K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.02%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Operating under the World of Wonders brand name, his Kremlin Palace and Topkapi Palace hotels in Antalya are architecturally exact replicas of their namesakes.
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