Ahmet Nazif Zorlu | |
Birth Date: | 28 August 1944 |
Birth Place: | Babadağ, Denizli, Turkey |
Nationality: | Turkish |
Occupation: | Chairman of Zorlu Holding |
Children: | 3 |
Relatives: | Hacı Mehmet Zorlu |
Ahmet Nazif Zorlu (botn 28 August 1944 in Babadağ, Turkey) is a Turkish businessman,[1] a billionaire[2] and chairman of Zorlu Holding.
He attended primary school at Gazi İlkokulu in Izmir.[3] Zorlu began working in the business of his father Hacı Mehmet Zorlu, a textile factory. Ahmet Nazif Zorlu and his brother Zeki Zorlu expanded the business in 1960, by opening a store in Trabzon, and one in Istanbul later in 1966.[4] Zorlu noted a gap in the textile market, and began producing patterned bed sheets under the TAÇ brand, and later produced the first king-sized bed sheets in Turkey.[4]
In 2017, Zorlu was listed by Forbes as one of the richest men in Turkey, with an estimated US$1.3 billion fortune.[5]