What is Mehmet Omer Koc's Net Worth?
Mehmet Omer Koc is a Turkish businessman who has a net worth of $1.1 billion. Belonging to the third generation of Koc Family's business people, Mehmet Omer Koc is one of the family members who now run Turkey's largest group of companies, Koc Holding. Mehmet was born on March 24, 1962 in Ankara as the second son of Rahmi Koc and the grandson of Vehbi Koc, the group's founder. After graduating from Robert College in İstanbul and Millfield School in Somerset, UK, he continued his education at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. before earning his B.A. and Master's degree from Columbia University.
Next, he went on working in several posts within the Koc group, getting acquainted with the various layers of operating in the companies. Currently, he is charged with the chair of energy group within the holding, whose stock price went up 30% over the past year. Furthermore, he is the Chairman of the Board of Tupras, the only oil refinery in Turkey today. His Koc engagements aside, Mehmet has also made a name for himself as one of Turkey's most noted art collectors with an abundant collection of orientalist paintings, drawings, books, as well as a large contemporary painting collection. With current residence in Istanbul Turkey, he is not the only billionaire in the Koc family. His brothers Mustafa Vehbi and Yildirim Ali Koc, his aunts Suna Kirac and Semahat Arsel, and his father Mustafa Rahmi Koc of course, all are on the Turkey's richest list.