Asım Kibar

Asım Kibar
Personal information
Full name Asım Kibar
Date of birth 1932 (86 age)
Place of birth Türkiye / Kayseri

Asım Kibar (born on 1932,in Kayseri) is a Turkish businessman. He is the founder of Kibar Holding.[1][2]

Biography

Asım Kibar was born in Kayseri in 1932. Mr. Kibar started his career in 1964, at the Orta Anadolu Mensucat Factory, the first denim fabric manufacturer in Turkey, where he served as the chairman.

Asım Kibar established the family company in Istanbul, starting with the iron and steel business. Asım Kibar is the founder of Kibar Holding, which today comprises more than 20 companies, and is actively involved in management.

Mr. Kibar also founded Erciyes University Organ Transplant and Dialysis Hospital, one of the leading organ transplant hospitals in Europe, and was awarded with an "Honorary Doctorate" title by the Erciyes University.

He was named as "Business Person of the Year" by Siyaset Dergisi (Politics Magazine) in 1997. His other awards include "Business Person of the Year’’ by the National Productivity Center in 1998, “Special Award” by the Kayseri Chamber of Commerce in 1998 and ‘‘Business Person of the Year’’ by Rotary Club Kocaeli and Nokta magazine. In addition, Asım Kibar was decorated with the “Commandatore Order of Merit” by the Italian Presidency.

He is an advisory board member of the Turkish Metal Industry Union and the Economic Development Foundation, as well as a board member of the Economic Research Foundation. Asım Kibar is also a founding member of Community Volunteers Foundation.

References

  1. ↑ Abdullah Satoğlu Kayseri ansiklopedisi - 2002 p342 "Tanınmış iş adamlarından Asım Kibar tarafından, Eşi Semiha Kibar adına yaptırılan hastane, 80 yataklı bir sağlık kuruluşu olarak hizmet vermektedir. ORTA ANADOLU GAZETESİ: Kay- seri'de ilk sayısı 3 Ekim 1949'da çıkan- siyasi gazetedir."
  2. ↑ Korea news world international magazine 1996 "Cutting the tape during the dedication ceremony are, from right, Hyundai Motor honorary chairman Chung Se-young, Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yimaz, Turkish President Suteyman Demire), and Kibar Group chairman Asim Kibar. Hyundai ..."
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