Background
Koç, Vehbi was born on July 20, 1901 in Ankara, Turkey. Son of Haci Mustafa Koçzade and Fatma (Kütükçüzade) Koç.
Koç, Vehbi was born on July 20, 1901 in Ankara, Turkey. Son of Haci Mustafa Koçzade and Fatma (Kütükçüzade) Koç.
Doctorate (honorary), Eskisehir Anatolian University, 1984.
Grocery store owner, president, Ankara, 1926-1928. President, chairman Vehbi Koç and Associated Company Ltd., 1937-1942, Galata branch Koç Trading Company, Inc., Ankara, 1942-1963, Koç Holding Company, Anakara and Istanbul, 1963-1984. Honorary chairman Koç Holding A., Istanbul, 1984.
Author: My Life Story, 1973, My Reminiscences, My Views and My Advices, 1987.
Founder Turkish Educational Foundation, 1967, Family Planning Foundation, 1985, TUGEV Touris Foundation, 1985, Vehbi Koç Foundation, all Istanbul.
Married Sadberk Koç, 1927. Children: Semahat Arsel, Rahmi M., Sevgï Gönül, Suna Kiraç.