Semahat Sevim Arsel

$2.86B

as of 10/04/24

About Semahat Sevim Arsel

Semahat Sevim Arsel is an heir to the Koc family fortune. She's the oldest member of the clan and the largest shareholder in its main holding company.

Besides energy, automotive, durable consumer goods and finance, Koc is active in technology, food, retail, tourism, agriculture and shipbuilding.

Semahat Arsel serves on the board of Koc Holding and is chairman of its tourism company, Setur. Her husband, Dr. Nusret Arsel, died in 2014 at age 92.

He left all of his wealth to the Vehbi Koc Foundation, named after his father-in-law. Semahat Arsel is president of the foundation.

She also serves as the vice president of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and is the founder of Koc University's School of Nursing.

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Citizenship

Türkiye

Source of wealth

Diversified

Residence

Istanbul, Türkiye

Marital status

Married

Birth date

09/08/28 (age 96)

Self-made

inherited and growing