Ali Ülker
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Born in 1969, Ali Ülker attended Istanbul Erkek High School and completed his university education at Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics and Business Administration. He has participated in various training programs at IMD, INSEAD, Wharton and Harvard. He took part in the Internal Kaizen Study with De Boccard & Yorke Consulting Company (1992) and the IESC Sales System Development and Internal Organization Project (1997).
He started his professional career in 1985 at Ülker Gıda A.Ş. Ali Ülker started his career as a trainee in the Quality Control Department and worked as Trainee, Sales Manager, Sales Coordinator, Product Group Coordinator and Product Group Manager at chocolate production facilities and Atlas Gıda Pazarlama A.Ş. between 1986 and 1998. Ali Ülker, who became the General Manager of Atlas Gıda Pazarlama A.Ş. in 1998 and the Vice President of the Retail Group in 2000, also served as the General Manager of Merkez Gıda Pazarlama A.Ş. in 2001. In 2002, he was appointed Vice President of the Food Group, and in 2005, he was appointed President of the Ülker Group. Ali Ülker, who has served as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yıldız Holding since 2011, became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yıldız Holding on 29 January 2020. Ali Ülker is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yıldız International Food Investments Inc., which was established in December 2023.
With a strong background and experience in marketing and sales, Ali Ülker has a special interest in innovation and supports teams working in this area within the Group. Ali Ülker speaks English and German and is married with three children.