Özen Altıparmak graduated from TED Ankara College in 1971 and from METU Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1978.
Between 1978 and 1980, he worked in the production planning, sales and marketing departments of various companies.
In 1980, he founded the family company Altıparmak Pazarlama Kollektif Şirketi. The company, which was operating in the field of spice sales and distribution during the establishment phase, was later included in the honey packaging and sales category.
Introduced to the market under the Altıparmak umbrella, Balparmak became Turkey's best-selling honey brand in 1989, and Altıparmak Gıda maintains the market leadership it achieved in 1991 to this day.
Özen Altıparmak is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Altıparmak Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the “Bee Products and Healthy Living Platform Association” (BAL-DER for short), which was established in 2006 and has 27 active members in the relevant category.