What is Suzan Sabanci Dinçer's Net Worth?
Suzan Sabanci Dinçer is a Turkish businesswoman who has a net worth of $1.3 billion. Suzan Sabanci Dinçer is currently chairperson and executive board member of Akbank, one of the largest banks in Turkey and founded in 1948, since 2008. Prior to this position, she served on the Board of Directors of Akbank as Managing Director for eleven years. She has over 20 years of banking experience. Dinçer was appointed as the division head of Akbank's Treasury Department in 1989 and was promoted to Executive Vice President in charge of Treasury in 1994. She was elected to the Board of Directors as the Managing Director responsible for Asset Liability Management and Correspondent Relations in 1997 and as the Executive Board Member responsible for all matters related to Akbank in 2000. Suzan Sabancı Dinçer is described by the Financial Times as possibly the most powerful businesswoman in Turkey and by Newsweek as one of the country's "top tycoons". Suzan Sabancı Dinçer was listed in the "Top 50 Women In World Business-The Alternative 50" list published by the Financial Times.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Endeavor Turkey, an international non-profit development organization that finds and supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Suzan Sabancı Dinçer holds a B.A. in Finance and International Marketing from Richmond, The American International University in London, U.K. and an MBA from Boston University. She was named "Businesswoman of the Year" by the Bosphorus University's Engineering Society in December 2013. In March of 2015, Sabancı Holding elected Sabancı Dinçer to its board of directors. Among her accomplishments as Akbank chairperson and board member, under her leadership Akbank became the first deposit bank in Turkey to issue a Global Reporting Initiative rated Sustainability Report. Another one of her initiatives was for Akbank to participate in the environmentally conscious Carbon Disclosure Project in Turkey.
