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28 Turks in billionaires list of Forbes
Luisa Kroll, one of the editors of the magazine, said Turkish lira (TL) gained value against the USD made more Turks be included in the billionaires list.
Hüsnü Özyeğin, the owner of the FIBA Holding, is the richest Turkish person with 3 billion USD of wealth, according to the list.
Ozyegin was ranked the 316th in the list, and Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, the owner of Cukurova Holding, was at the 342nd place with 2.9 billion USD of wealth.
Below are the 28 Turks who were included in the list:
- 316- Hüsnü Özyeğin (3 billion USD-Fiba Holding)
- 342- Mehmet Emin Karamehmet (2.9 billion USD-Cukurova Holding)
- 367- Şarık Tara (2.6 billion USD-Enka Insaat)
- 463- Ferit Şahenk (2.1 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
- 463- Murat Ülker (2.1 billion USD-Yildiz Holding)
- 488- Ali Ibrahim Ağaoğlu (2 billion USD-Ağaoğlu Holding)
- 488- Erman Ilıcak (2 billion USD-Ronesans Construction)
- 488- Filiz Şahenk (2 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
- 582- Semahat Arsel (1.7 billion USD-Koç Holding)
- 616- Rahmi Koç (1.6 billion USD-Koç Holding)
- 655- Ahmet Nazif Zorlu (1.5 billion USD-Zorlu Holding)
- 721- Kamil Yazıcı (1.4 billion USD-Yazıcı Holding)
- 721- Suna Kıraç (1.4 billion USD-Koç Holding)
- 773- Mehmet Rüştü Başaran (1.3 billion USD-Habas)
- 773- Bülent Eczacıbaşı (1.3 billion USD-Eczacıbaşı Holding)
- 773- Tuncay Özilhan (1.3 billion USD-Anadolu Endustri Holding)
- 828- Faruk Eczacıbaşı (1.2 billion USD-Eczacıbaşı Holding)
- 828- Mehmet Sinan Tara (1.2 billion USD-Enka Construction)
- 880- Ahsen Özokur (1.1 billion USD-Yildiz Holding)
- 880- Mubariz Gurbanoğlu (1.1 billion USD-Palmali Maritime)
- 937- Ahmet Çalık (1 billion USD-Çalık Holding)
- 937- Turgay Ciner (1 billion USD- Park Holding)
- 937- Aydın Doğan (1 billion USD-Doğan Holding)
- 937- Suzan Sabancı Dinçer (1 billion USD-Sabancı Holding)
- 937- Şevket Sabancı (1 billion USD-Sabancı Holding)
- 937- Deniz Şahenk (1 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
- 937- Mustafa Latif Topbaş (1 billion USD-BIM)
- 937- Murat Vargı (1 billion USD-MV Holding)
Holding a press conference in New York, Steve Forbes, the editor-in-chief of the magazine, said Turkey's economy had been better than that of the other countries in recent year.
Forbes said this economic situation raised the number of Turkish billionaires in the list.
The editor-in-chief also said Turkey could be more successful if it kept International Monetary Fund (IMF) out.
Below are the 13 Turks who took place in the 2009 Forbes list of billionaires:
- 221- Hüsnü Özyeğin (2.9 billion USD-Fiba Holding)
- 224- Mehmet Emin Karamehmet (2.8 billion USD-Cukurova Holding)
- 450- Şarık Tara (1.6 billion USD-Enka Construction)
- 468- Ali İbrahim Ağaoğlu (1.5 billion USD-Ağaoğlu Holding)
- 559- Ahmet Zorlu (1.3 billion USD- Zorlu Holding)
- 647- Mubariz Gurbanoğlu (1.1 billion USD-Palmali Group)
- 647- Ferit Şahenk (1.1 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
- 647- Murat Ülker (1.1 billion USD- Yildiz Holding)
- 647- Murat Vargı (1.1 billion USD-MV Holding)
- 701- Ahmet Çalık (1.0 billion USD-Çalık Holding)
- 701- Tuncay Özilhan (1.0 billion USD-Anadolu Group)
- 701- Filiz Şahenk (1.0 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
- 701- Kamil Yazıcı (1.0 billion USD-Yazıcılar Holding)
Mexican telecommunication giant Carlos Slim Helu was at the top of the Forbes list with a wealth of 53.5 billion USD, Microsoft's founder US Bill Gates was the second with a 47 billion USD wealth, and US investor and businessman Warren Buffet was the third.
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