Founder and Honorary President

Murat Vargı

Murat Vargi is the Founder and President of MV Holding. He is responsible for directing the Company’s investment strategy and is the Chairman of the Board.

Prior to founding MV Holding in 1993, Mr. Vargı acted as a founding shareholder of Turkcell Telecom Company and KVK Mobile Technology Company.

In early 90’s, Mr. Vargi was instrumental in setting up Turkcell, the first cellular telecommunication company in Turkey, and for many years served as Member of Board of Directors.

Murat Vargi started his career as an export representative in 1972 at Koç Holding.

Before establishing MV Holding, Mr. Vargi was one of the three founding partners of Penta Foreign Trade Company in 1976.

Murat Vargi holds a B.A. degree in International Trade and Economics and License from Helsinki School of Economics on Trade Promotion as a fellow of UNTD. He also completed a scholarship program at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.

Today, Mr. Vargi is the is the Honorary President of MV Holding’s Board of Directors, Member of the Board of Trustees of Turkish Education Association (TED) , Member of the Board of Trustees of Policy and Democracy Studies ( PODEM) , the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV) and Okan University.