Rahmi M. Koç
Honorary Chairman - Member of the Board of Directors
Koç Holding A.Ş.
| Date of Birth | Ankara, 1930 |
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| Education | Johns Hopkins University (B.A. in Business Administration)
Robert College, Istanbul |
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| Language | English, German |
2003 Honorary Chairman - Member of the Board of Directors
1984 - 2003 Koç Holding A.Ş. Chairman of the Board of Directors
1980 - 1984 Chairman of the Managing Committee
1975 - 1980 Vice President of the Board
1970 - 1975 Chairman of the Executive Committee
1964 - 1970 Koç Holding A.Ş. General Coordinator, İstanbul
1960 - 1964 Koç Ticaret A.Ş. Ankara
1958 - 1960 Otokoç, Ankara
Memberships to Organizations
• Former President of the International Chamber of Commerce (President from 1.1.1995 - 31.12.1996)
• Former Co-Chairman the Business Advisory Council for South East Europe (BAC SEE)
• Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Vehbi Koç Foundation
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Koç University
• Founder and Chairman of the Board of the Rahmi M. Koç Museum and Cultural Foundation
• Chairman of the Board of the Vehbi Koç Foundation American Hospital
• Honorary Chairman and Founding Member of TURMEPA, The Turkish Marine and Environment Protection Association
• Honorary Director of the American Hospital of Paris Foundation
• Honorary President of the Advisory Board of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Turkish Employers Association
• Former President of the Turkish Greek Business Council (1992 – 1999)
• Member of the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York
• Member of the Allianz Aktiengesellschaft International Advisory Board
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Eisenhower Fellowships
• Former member of the JP Morgan International Council
Honorary Titles
2001 Honorary Doctorate degree by Ovidius University of Constanza
2000 Honorary Doctorate degree by Bilkent University
1999 Honorary Doctorate degree by Ege University, Izmir
1998 Honorary Doctorate degree by Anadolu University, Eskişehir
1998 Honorary Doctorate degree by Johns Hopkins University
Awards
2001 Order of High Merit of the Italian Republic
1997 Outstanding Service Award by the President of Turkey
1982 German Government's Grosses Verdienst Kreuz
Club Memberships
Istanbul Rotary Club (President, 1976-1977)
Istanbul Ocean Racing Club
New York Yacht Club
