What is Ahmet Nazif Zorlu's Net Worth?
Ahmet Nazif Zorlu is a Turkish businessman who has a net worth of $1.3 billion. He started to accumulate his net worth through the family-owned Zorlu Holding, which is now one of the largest corporate groups based in Istanbul, Turkey. The group was initially started as a textile company by Ahmet's late father Hacı Mehmet Zorlu. Now apart from textile, Zorlu also has investments and is active in the fields of white goods and electronics production, as well as delivering energy and financial services. Ahmet Nazif Zorlu shares the chairman position with his brother Zeki Zorlu and the two earn most of the credits for the company's massive growth.
Under their helm, Zorlu Holding completed numerous bankable projects, the most recent being the Zorlu Center which was finished in 2013. To get a clear picture of the monstrosity of the project, it includes a shopping mall, residences, offices and a hotel in the Zincirlikuyu neighborhood of Istanbul, after an investment of $2.5 billion. Furthermore, Ahmet founded Turkey's first nickel refinery and aims to export 10,000 tons a year. A high school dropout, he is now one of the richest people in Turkey and shuttles around Europe in a custom-designed helicopter.
