Portrait of Mustafa Latif Topbas

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Mustafa Latif Topbas

Net worth $1.3B

food, retail · Turkey

Born
Mar 20, 1944
Age
82
Source
food, retail
Residence
Istanbul
Citizenship
Turkey
Marital status
Married
Children
4
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Mustafa Latif Topbas is CEO and cofounder of BIM, Turkey's largest chain of discount stores. He owns about 15% of its shares.
  • After BIM went public in 2005, Topbas owned around 26%.
  • Founded in 1995, BIM has more than 12,000 locations across Turkey, Morocco and Egypt.
  • The company, with annual revenues exceeding $5 billion, offers a popular mobile telecom service under the brand name Bimcell.
  • Topbas, who doesn't give interviews, has a longstanding friendship with Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his family.
  • His daughter Fatma is married to Ali Ulker, nephew of food billionaire Murat Ulker. (The families also have business ties through their companies.)

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