Interview highlights career development, female leadership success in emerging markets, and education.
Güler Sabancı, immediate-Past Chairwoman of Sabancı Holding, was selected as the 2026 AIB International Executive of the Year by the Fellows of the Academy of International Business (AIB). Ms. Sabancı was the first woman to lead one of Türkiye’s most respected conglomerates, Sabancı Holding, for over two decades from 2004 to 2025. In this interview, she discusses with Saeed Samiee, Attila Yaprak and William Newburry the factors contributing to her career development, success as a female leader in an emerging market setting, and the establishment of Sabancı University.
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