Background
Güler was born the daughter and first child of İhsan Sabancı and his wife Yüksel in 1955 in Adana, Turkey.
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Güler was born the daughter and first child of İhsan Sabancı and his wife Yüksel in 1955 in Adana, Turkey.
After finishing high school at TED Ankara College in Ankara, she was educated in business administration at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. She also completed Harvard University"s advanced management program
As of 2014, she is listed as the 60th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. In 1978. She started her professional career at LasSA, a family-owned tire production company in Kocaeli Province. She was then appointed general manager of KordSA, a position she held for 14 years.
Güler Sabancı is the chairman and managing director of, one of the leading and most reputable business groups in Turkey.
She started her career at the tire manufacturing company of the group and held various roles at the other group companies. Mississippi Sabancı is the Founding President of Sabancı University and also acts as chairman of the and chairman of the board of trustees of the Sabancı Foundation, the leading private foundation in Turkey.
In October 2013, she was named 2nd on. As of 2014, she is listed as the 60th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
2007 – Belgium: Order of Leopold II 2009 – Spain: Order of Civil Merit 2010 – Austria: Silbernes Ehrenkreuz der Republik Österreich 2010 – France: National Order of the Legion of Honour 2011 – United States: by Clinton Foundation.
Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business (outside United States of America) David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award Clinton Global Citizen Award Raymond Georis Innovative Philanthropist Award European School of Management Responsible Leadership Award 2006 – United States: Honorary Degree by Drexel University 2007 – United States: Corporate Partner Award by American - Turkish Society 2009 – European Union: Raymond Georis Prize for Innovative Philanthropy by Council of the European Union 2011 – Germany: Schumpeter Prize in memory of the famous Austrian economist Joseph A. Schumpeter 2011 – Germany: ESMT Responsible Leadership Award by European School of Management and Technology 2011 – United States: Clinton Global Citizen Award by Clinton Foundation.
Later, Güler Sabancı became a member of the board of directors at, heading the tires and reinforcement materials group, as well as having responsibility for human resources. She is the first and only female member of European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT). In 2012, Sabancı was appointed a member of the board of United Nations Global Compact, the United Nations"s highest-level advisory body involving business, civil society, labour and employers organizations.
