Nihat Ozdemir
$1.87B
as of 10/04/24
About Nihat Ozdemir
Nihat Ozdemir and his billionaire partner, Sezai Bacaksiz, met as students at Gazi University and founded Limak Construction in 1976.
Besides being contractor for some of the world's largest infrastructure projects, Limak has operations in energy, tourism, transportation and cement.
It's part of a consortium building Istanbul's new airport. When all phases are complete, it will be the world's largest based on passenger capacity.
Limak is a major builder and operator of hydroelectric power plants, ranking among Turkey's top ten electricity producers.
Besides Turkey, Limak operates in Kuwait, Egypt, Kosovo, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Africa, Pakistan, Ukraine and Russia.
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TürkiyeSource of wealth
DiversifiedResidence
Ankara, TürkiyeMarital status
WidowedBirth date
04/05/50 (age 74)Number of children
2Self-made
self-madeNihat Ozdemir’s fortune is worth
31K
troy ounces of gold
29K
median U.S. household
19K
median U.S. income
0.037%
U.S. credit card volume
0.007%
GDP of the United States
0.005%
United States debt
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As an academic at what is now Gazi University, Ozdemir was for a short while assistant to Necmettin Erbakan, who went on to become minister of Turkey.
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