Sakıp Sabancı

Turkey, industry and banking. Sabancı grew up in his family's cotton business in Adana and, as head of the family firm from 1967, turned it into Sabancı Holding, spanning textiles, tyres, cement, food and Akbank. Its roots in southern Turkish agriculture gave it a different base from the Istanbul trading houses. He was known for his informal manner and philanthropy, including Sabancı University. He died in 2004.