CEO Today Middle East Awards

CEO TODAY MIDDLE EAST AWARDS 2020 Manufacturing 90 Ömer Yüngül CEO of Zorlu Textiles Group tons of yarn, Korteks alone meets 55% of Turkey’s total production of polyester yarn. TAÇ branded yarns produced by the company are exported to more than 50 countries. With its applications in the field of nanotechnology, Korteks holds world leadership in micro-thread technology. Among the top three in the global home textiles market: Zorluteks Europe’s biggest home textile exporter, and among the top three in the global home textiles market, Zorluteks, is the largest integrated producer of cotton home textiles in Europe. Zorluteks, which Born in İzmir in 1955, Ömer Yüngül finished the Boğaziçi University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1978. Kicking off his career at the construction company Tekfen İnşaat, Yüngül filled various managerial posts in Metaş, Faz Elektrik, and Merloni Elettrodomestici. Joining Zorlu Holding as the General Manager of Vestel Beyaz Eşya, a white goods manufacturer, in 1997, Yüngül became Chairman of the Vestel Executive Board in 2000. Following a successful 15 years in Vestel management, Yüngül became the first CEO of Zorlu Holding in 2013. Speaking fluent English and Italian, Ömer Yüngül is married with one child. Zorlu Textiles Group, Europe’s largest producer of integrated polyester yarn and cotton home textiles, continues its activities through 12 companies. Leader in Turkey in textile exports, the Group exports 60% of its production to 58 countries in 5 continents. A world pioneer in micro-thread technology: Korteks Founded in 1989 in Bursa as the first company of Zorlu Group, Korteks is the largest polyester yarn producer in Europe and the Middle East. With a production area of 335 thousand square meters, 2200 employees, an annual productionof 200 thousand Europe ’ s l arge s t i nt egrat ed po l ye s t e r, yarn and co t t on home t ex t i l e manufac ture r