Background
Acun Ilıcalı was born on May 29, 1969 in Edirne to a family that originated from Ilıca, Erzurum.
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Acun Ilıcalı was born on May 29, 1969 in Edirne to a family that originated from Ilıca, Erzurum.
He completed his elementary education in Edirne.
He went to secondary school in İstanbul at Kadıköy Maarif College and Anatolian High School. He enrolled at Istanbul University, but he dropped out and started working at an early age. Ilıcalı started his business endeavours by founding a small clothing shop on Bağdat Caddesi.
Things did not turn out as he expected, so when Acun was 21, the shop went bankrupt.
After that disappointing first experience, he started working as a reporter at Show television After working several years there, Ilıcalı created his production company in 2004 and his company became one of the most successful companies of Turkey. In late 2013, he expanded his investments by acquiring television channel TV8.
Ilıcalı started his television career as a sports reporter, and got promoted due to his success. After years of experience, he started his own show in which he travelled around the world.
The show had such a great success that it enabled him to be known nationwide.
The show was the first product of his company Acun Medya. Ilıcalı became both host and producer of the shows. The company broadcast television shows such as O Ses Türkiye (Turkish version of The Voice), Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye (Turkish version of the Got Talent series), Survivor, Var mısın? Yok musun? (Turkish version of Deal or Number Deal) and Yok Böyle Dans (Turkish version of Dancing with the Stars).
In 2013 November, Ilıcalı acquired tv channel TV8.
On his new channel, he has started new programmes like Utopia. and "Rising Star Türkiye"
He has starred in the comedy series and many cinema films. According "celebritynetworth," Ilıcalı has a Netto worth of $100 million which is approximately equivalent to ₺265 million.
