Semahat Sevim Arsel
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Diversified
- Industry
- Diversified
- Residence
- Istanbul
- Marital Status
- Married
Assets
- Arcelik A.S.22,951,000 shares @ --ARCLK.E-TR
- Aygaz A.S.5,717,000 shares @ --AYGAZ.E-TR
- Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S. (FOVSY)5,780,000 shares @ --FOVSY-US
- KOC Holding A.S.428,327,000 shares @ --KCHOL.E-TR
- Marmaris Altinyunus400,000 shares @ --MAALT.E-TR
- Tat Gida Sanayi A.S.4,358,700 shares @ --TATGD.E-TR
- Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi A.S.34,000 shares @ --TOASO.E-TR
- Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S.25,350,000 shares @ --YKBNK.E-TR
Biography
Semahat Sevim Arsel is an heir to the Koc family fortune. She's the oldest member of the clan and the largest shareholder in its main holding company.
Besides energy, automotive, durable consumer goods and finance, Koc is active in technology, food, retail, tourism, agriculture and shipbuilding.
Semahat Arsel serves on the board of Koc Holding and is chairman of its tourism company, Setur. Her husband, Dr. Nusret Arsel, died in 2014 at age 92.
He left all of his wealth to the Vehbi Koc Foundation, named after his father-in-law. Semahat Arsel is president of the foundation.
She also serves as the vice president of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and is the founder of Koc University's School of Nursing.
About
She suffered from an extended childhood illness, which later motivated her to establish the Semahat Arsel Nursing Education and Research Centre (SANERC).
Through SANERC, the Vehbi Koc Foundation and the Turkey Education Volunteers Foundation, which she co-founded, she has impacted many civil society initiatives.