Chairman of the Board

Following his education at Istanbul German High School, Ahmet Yahya Kiğılı undertook the management of Fahri and Avni Kiğılı Collective Company, which was active in textile trade in Sultanhamam in 1937. In 1961, he stepped into the textile industry with the production of polyester fabric, a new field in Turkey. In 1969, he entered a different sector by establishing Kastamonu Entegre Ağaç Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., which operates in the wood-based panel industry. Ahmet Yahya Kiğılı, who evaluated the opportunities in new business areas with an entrepreneurial approach, stepped into the fast-moving consumer goods sector with Hayat Kimya Sanayi A.Ş. in 1987. Ahmet Yahya Kiğılı, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hayat Holding, speaks English and German.

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