Nihat Ozdemir
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Diversified
- Industry
- Diversified
- Residence
- Ankara
- Marital Status
- Widowed
- Children
- 2
Biography
Nihat Ozdemir and his billionaire partner, Sezai Bacaksiz, met as students at Gazi University and founded Limak Construction in 1976.
Besides being contractor for some of the world's largest infrastructure projects, Limak has operations in energy, tourism, transportation and cement.
It's part of a consortium building Istanbul's new airport. When all phases are complete, it will be the world's largest based on passenger capacity.
Limak is a major builder and operator of hydroelectric power plants, ranking among Turkey's top ten electricity producers.
Besides Turkey, Limak operates in Kuwait, Egypt, Kosovo, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Africa, Pakistan, Ukraine and Russia.
About
As an academic at what is now Gazi University, Ozdemir was for a short while assistant to Necmettin Erbakan, who went on to become minister of Turkey.
The future billionaire was on the faculty of the Engineering and Architecture department for four years, until 1980.