BIOGRAPHY
Melih Şahinöz, who started his business life in the family company Güney Pazarı, has been instrumental in many firsts in the development of the out-of-home consumption sector in Turkey throughout his career.
Melih Şahinöz, who gives utmost importance to civil society activities as well as his professional business life, is one of the founders of the Association of Out-of-Home Consumption Suppliers (ETÜDER) in order to bring together the sector players and produce value for the country, and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association.
EXPERIENCE
Melih Şahinöz, who started his career in 1986 at g2m, where he is the founder and still a minority partner, has established many companies in the food, agriculture and logistics verticals. Since 2008, he has acquired controlling stakes in more than 10 companies in the agriculture and food sector, some of which have reached a size of 300 million euros, some with international private funds, and has led the growth and 100% sale of these companies. Şahinöz is still continuing its investments.
He has invested in various companies including fruit and vegetable production, sales, distribution, marketing and packaging, production of fresh-cut ready-to-eat vegetables and salads, sauce production, micro-distribution companies.
Melih Şahinöz is also an active investor in start-up ecosystems in Europe, Middle East, North America and Asia. Melih Şahinöz, who has already invested in more than 30 technology startups, invests primarily in food technologies, agricultural technologies, industrial internet of things and logistics technologies verticals.
In addition, he is also an investor and partner in a corporate venture capital service platform and organizes investment and innovation programs with holdings in Turkey and abroad.