Ünal Aysal Explained

Ünal Aysal
Order:34th
Office:President of Galatasaray SK
Term Start:18 May 2011
Term End:25 October 2014
Predecessor:Adnan Polat
Successor:Duygun Yarsuvat
Birth Date:2 June 1941
Birth Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Occupation:Energy Businessman
Spouse:
    Children:3 daughters
    Alma Mater:Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
    University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Profession:CEO
    Residence:Brussels, Belgium
    Nationality:Turkish
    Notable Prizes:Honoured by President of Turkey as best businessman outside Turkey(1999)

    Ünal Aysal (pronounced as /tr/, born 2 June 1941) is a Turkish businessman. He was the chairman of Galatasaray S.K.

    Business career

    He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1961. He then studied law at Istanbul University and later at University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

    Aysal worked with Koç Holding in 1970-72 as the coordinator of the Ram Foreign Trade company and established the Unit International firm in 1974 in Brussels, Belgium. Aysal has been involved in the oil business and electric power industry, since 1984. He is currently the head of the Unit Group, which comprises 23 companies. He was honored in 1999 by the President of Turkey as the best representative of Turkish businesses abroad. As of 2011, his net worth is around $1 billion.

    Galatasaray S.K.

    On 14 May 2011, Aysal replaced Adnan Polat to become the 34th president of Galatasaray, with a record of highest majority of votes in the 106-year-history of Galatasaray, winning 2998 of the 4019 votes cast.[1] The previous record was set by outgoing Adnan Polat, who won 2944 of the 5234 votes during the chairmanship election in March 2008. Aysal's main target was to turn the fortunes of the club's Football team around, as well as changing the club's financial fortunes around. He brought in Former Coach Fatih Terim with which the club has achieved previous Domestic and European success to lead the shake up of the squad to help compete at the highest level again.

    Trophies won by club during presidency

    Football

    Men's Basketball

    Women's Basketball

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.galatasaray.org/en/kulup/haber/1336.php Ünal Aysal New President of Galatasaray
    2. http://www.galatasaray.org/en/futbol/superlig/haber/1721.php Galatasaray: The 2012 Champion!