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Sefik Yilmaz Dizdar

Turkey 88 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Fashion retail
Residence
Istanbul
Marital Status
Married

Biography

Sefik Yilmaz Dizdar is a partner in LC Waikiki, a producer and retailer of ready-to-wear fashions and home items.

Designer Georges Amouyal and a partner founded LC Waikiki in France in 1985. Dizdar and partners including Mustafa Kucuk acquired it in 1997.

LC Waikiki's first international store opened in Romania in 2009. In 2016, it expanded into home textile products under the brand name LCW Home.

The company prides itself on promoting women into its management ranks.

Today, LC Waikiki has over 1,000 locations in 47 countries; roughly half are outside of Turkey. Its motto: "Everyone deserves to dress well."

About

LC Waikiki, with annual revenue of around $2.5 billion, is managed by Kucuk, also a billionaire, and his family.

The brand combines the name of the famous Hawaiian beach with "LC," as in "Les Copains" ("friends" in French).