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Nevzat Aydın

Turkish entrepreneur

Nevzat Aydın (born 8 March 1976) is a Turkish internet entrepreneur, angel investor and a mentor. Aydın is the co-founder and former CEO of Yemeksepeti, the leading online food delivery portal in Turkey.2

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Born Mar 8, 1976.1

About

During his lead in 2015, Yemeksepeti was acquired by the German-based Delivery Hero for $589 million (£378 m), which was the biggest valuation ever yet in Turkish internet history. He was among the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all around the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by USA President Barack Obama in April 2010. Aydın also was one of the juries/investors in Dragon's Den TV show. In 2013 and 2015, Aydın was named number one on Fortune's 40 Under 40 List.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nevzat Aydın, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedBoğaziçi University3

Career

Occupation: businessperson, chief executive officer.5

Yemeksepeti career

Professional career of Nevzat Aydın started with Yemeksepeti the first online food ordering company in Turkey, providing the facility to place food orders on-line from an affiliated network of restaurants without charging the user any extra fees. Aydın founded the company with Melih Odemis (chief technology officer), Cem Nufusi (sales director) and Gokhan Akan (chief financial officer), and has been the chief executive officer of the company since then.

When Aydın and the team started the business in 2001, internet penetration was very low in Turkey. Yemeksepeti did not make any profit for the first 5 years, but with a strong focus on customer experience and the convenience of the business model, they managed to convince the users and the restaurants to benefit from the huge potential of internet.

In accordance with the vision of Aydın, Yemeksepeti has continuously integrated most recent technologies and adopted global standards for customer experience. The company started to invest in mobile infrastructures in 2010 and activated Online Credit Card feature in 2013.

On 1 November 2021, Nevzat Aydın resigned from Yemeksepeti.

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Investments received by Yemeksepeti

Yemeksepeti had its first round of investment and agreed to be partners with European Founders Fund, in 2008. In 2012, Yemeksepeti announced a $44 million investment led by global growth investor General Atlantic (GA), which acquired a minority stake in the company, and represented GA's first investment in Turkey.

Public intellectual work

Board member of Endeavor Turkey

Board member TOBB (Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey) Young Entrepreneurs

Member of TUSİAD (Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association)

Founding member of Galata Business Angels

Board member and vice president Trabzonspor Football Club.

Trustees Board Member of Boğaziçi University

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipTurkey6

He married Melis Pekand in 2011 and the couple divorced in 2017. He married glamour model Zeynep Zenel in 2022. He is a fan of the sports club Trabzonspor and has previously sat on its board.

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