OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM

Bülent Eczacıbaşı

Chairperson

Eczacıbaşı Holding Chairperson Bülent Eczacıbaşı received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Imperial College London and his master’s degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began his professional career in 1974 at the Eczacıbaşı Group. He served as Chairperson of the Board of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) from 1991 to 1993, Chairperson of the High Advisory Council of TÜSİAD from 1997 to 2001, Founding Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) from 1993 to 1997, and Chairperson of the Board of the Pharmaceutical Employers’ Association of Turkey (İEİS) from 2000 to 2008.

Bülent Eczacıbaşı currently serves as Honorary Chairperson of TÜSİAD and İEİS, Honorary Member of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK), Honorary Member of the Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TÜRKONFED), Member of the High Advisory Council of the Aegean Industry and Business Association (ESİAD), and Member of the High Advisory Board of TESEV.

He is also Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Istanbul Modern Art Foundation, which houses the Istanbul Modern Museum, of which the Eczacıbaşı Group is the founding sponsor; Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), also founded with the sponsorship of the Group; and serves as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of several Eczacıbaşı Group companies.

Bülent Eczacıbaşı is the recipient of the Order of the Star of Italy (Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia, 2003) and the French National Order of the Legion of Honour (Chevalier dans l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, 2014).

A selection of his photographs capturing stories of people from different cultures during his travels was published in 2020 in a photo book entitled “From the Road”. In 2022, he opened his first solo photography exhibition, “Reflections of a Transformation: Toward a New Istanbul Modern”; the accompanying photo book was published in 2023. His latest photo book, Three Days in Dhaka, was published in 2026.

In 2025, he established the Bülent Eczacıbaşı Foundation Center for Photographic Studies (BEVFAM) with the aim of preserving, digitizing, and making at-risk photographic archives accessible to researchers. The Center approaches photography as a field of social, cultural, and historical memory and research.
Bülent Eczacıbaşı’s first book on business, “İşim Gücüm Budur Benim”, was published in 2018 and translated into English in 2020 under the title “A Rip in the Sea”. In 2022, he published “Aklımızda Bulunsun”, a collection of 40 short essays reflecting his reading and thinking on business life, which was translated into English as “Just to Keep in Mind”. An abridged edition of “İşim Gücüm Budur Benim” was also published the same year. In 2024, marking the fiftieth year of his professional career, he brought together new essays in a volume entitled “Biraz Daha Düşününce”, which was published in English in 2025 under the title “On Further Reflection”.