Murat Ulker

$5.45B

as of 07/05/24

About Murat Ulker

Murat Ulker owns 63% of Yildiz Holding, which produces a wide range of food products and non-alcoholic beverages.

Yildiz spent $850 million to buy Belgian chocolatier Godiva in 2007 and $3.2 billion to buy United Biscuits of the U.K. in 2014.

To establish a more global structure, he merged United Biscuit, Ulker Biscuit and DeMet's Candy under the roof of London-based Pladis Foods.

In early 2019, Godiva announced the sale of parts of its Asia-Pacific business, along with a production facility in Belgium, to PE firm MBK Partners.

Yildiz is using some of the proceeds from the sale to expand Godiva's cafe business from 20 stores to more than 2,000 globally by 2025.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Türkiye

Source of wealth

Food

Residence

Istanbul, Türkiye

Marital status

Married

Birth date

03/23/59 (age 65)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Bogazici University

Self-made

inherited and growing

Murat Ulker’s fortune is worth

91K

troy ounces of gold

84K

median U.S. household

54K

median U.S. income

0.109%

U.S. credit card volume

0.022%

GDP of the United States

0.016%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In 2020, Ulker handed over the chairmanship of Yildiz, which he'd held for 20 years, to his nephew Ali Ulker.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

ISTANBUL | BIMAS.E-TR

BIM Birlesik Magazalar A.S.

ISTANBUL | BIZIM.E-TR

Bizim Toptan SatiG Magazalari A.g.

ISTANBUL | GOZDE.E-TR

Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi A.S.

ISTANBUL | KERVT.E-TR

Kerevitas Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

ISTANBUL | SAFGY-TR

Saf Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi A.S.

ISTANBUL | SOKM.E-TR

Sok Marketler Ticaret

ISTANBUL | UFUK.E-TR

Ufuk Investment

ISTANBUL | ULKER.E-TR

Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi A.S.