boards net_worth children birth_place nationality relatives parents birth_date spouse residence organization article_title education name occupation alma_mater
İstanbul and arts -lrb- İksv -rrb- , modern art foundation , İstanbul foundation for culture us emre -lrb- son -rrb- , esra -lrb- daughter -rrb- istanbul , turkey turkish faruk eczacıbaşı -lrb- brother -rrb- nejat -lrb- father -rrb- , fatma beyhan -lrb- née ergene -rrb- eczacıbaşı -lrb- 1923 & ndash ; 2004 -rrb- -lrb- mother -rrb- -lrb- 1913 & ndash ; 1993 -rrb- 1949 oya married 1980 -rrb- -lrb- née esener -rrb- -lrb- born 1959 , yeniköy , istanbul eczacıbaşı holding bülent eczacıbaşı
 chemical engineering bülent eczacıbaşı businessman deutsche of science and technology -rrb- , massachusetts institute of technology schule istanbul university of london -lrb- imperial college
bülent eczacıbaşı

bülent eczacıbaşı -lrb- born 1949 -rrb- is a turkish businessman .
currently , he is the chairman of eczacıbaşı holding , a prominent turkish industrial group with investments in pharmaceuticals , personal care products , consumer products , building products and financial services .
he was born in 1949 to nejat eczacıbaşı -lrb- 1913 -- 1993 -rrb- , founder of the eczacıbaşı group of companies , and his wife fatma beyhan -lrb- née ergene -rrb- -lrb- 1923 -- 2004 -rrb- in istanbul .
he has a younger brother faruk , who was born in 1954 .
bülent eczacıbaşı graduated from the university of london -lrb- imperial college of science and technology -rrb- following his education at the deutsche schule istanbul .
he obtained his master 's degree in chemical engineering from the massachusetts institute of technology .
after initiating his professional career in 1974 in eczacıbaşı holding , bülent eczacıbaşı held a variety of management positions in eczacıbaşı group companies .
bülent eczacıbaşı served in a large number of civic associations , including tÜsiad , the turkish industrialists ' and businessmen 's association , where he was chairman of the board -lrb- 1991 -- 1993 -rrb- and chairman of the high advisory council -lrb- 1997 -- 2001 -rrb- .
he was also founding chairman of the turkish economic and social studies foundation -lrb- tesev -rrb- -lrb- 1993 -- 1997 -rrb- and chairman of the board of the turkish pharmaceuticals manufacturers ' association -lrb- 2000 -- 2008 -rrb- .
he continues to serve tÜsİad as honorary chairman , tesev as a member of the high advisory board , and the turkish pharmaceuticals manufacturers ' association as honorary president .
he is also the chairman of the board of trustees of the İstanbul modern art foundation , the chairman of the board of directors of İstanbul foundation for culture and arts -lrb- İksv -rrb- and a member of the international advisory boards of the harvard kennedy school and akbank , and also member of the european round table of industrialists -lrb- ert -rrb- .
bülent eczacibasi married on december 19 , 1980 to oya esener -lrb- born 1959 -rrb- , the daughter of the former turkish minister of labour and social security prof. turhan esener .
the couple has a son emre and a daughter esra .
eczacıbaşı 's wealth worth 1.1 billion as of 2006 according to forbes .
bülent and oya were a major benefactor of istanbul 's new modern art museum .
she is serving as the chair of museum 's board .
