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Koç Holding

Type	Private
Founded	1926 Istanbul,Turkey
Founder(s)	Vehbi Koç
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
Key people	Mustafa V. Koç
Revenue	▲US$39.515 billion (2007) [1]
Net income	▲US$2.747 billion (2006) [2]
Employees	95,745
Website	http://www.koc.com.tr

Koç Holding A.Ş. is the top industrial conglomerate^{[citation needed]} in Turkey. The Koç family, Turkey's wealthiest dynasty^{[citation needed]}, controls the company with its headquarter in Nakkaştepe, Istanbul. Vehbi Koç, who established his first firm in 1926^{[citation needed]}, collected all of the companies bearing his name under the roof of Koç Holding on 20 November 1963 in order to centrally manage these companies and to provide optimum resource allocation.

Koç Holding operates in the automotive, durable goods, food, retailing, energy, financial services, tourism, construction and IT industries. The Holding serves the group as the decision making body in charge of identifying strategies and controlling, coordinating and providing direction to its activities. The Holding also formed a unit for long-term business planning in order to align business decisions with national^{[citation needed]} development plans.

The shares of 16 Koç Group companies are traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange; together, the groups comprise 113 companies, 95,745 employees, and 14,000 dealers, agencies, and after-sales services people. Fortune Global 500 ranked Koç Holding at 186 for the year 2008^[1].

Contents 1 Headquarters 2 Top management 3 Competitors 4 Fields of activities 5 Education 6 Recent activities 7 Companies 8 External links 9 References

[edit] Headquarters

Koç Holding, previously located in Fındıklı, Istanbul, moved to its new headquarters on 12 September 1988 and continues its activities at its present location in Nakkaştepe on the Anatolian part of Istanbul.

[edit] Top management

Vehbi Koç, a firm believer in the corporate spirit, handed his position as chairman of the board over to his son Rahmi M. Koç in 1984. Rahmi Koç retired on 4 April 2003 and handed his position over to his eldest son Mustafa V. Koç.

Rahmi Koç is still honorary chairman and a member of the board of directors. Currently, Koç Holding’s CEO is Bülent Bulgurlu.

[edit] Competitors

The main competitor of Koç Holding is Sabancı Holding, Turkey's second largest group of companies^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Fields of activities

• Automotive: Passenger cars, commercial vehicles, farm tractors and equipments, components
• Durable Goods: refrigerator, washing machines, tumble dryers, dishwashers, ovens and cookers, televisions, air conditioners, PCs, small household appliances including vacuum cleaners, furnitures
• Food: Pasta, fresh and processed meats, dairy products, tomato paste, ketchup and preserved foods, livestock farm, vegetable seeds, supermarket and shopping mall chain, Do-It-Yourself hypermarkets, real estate development and management,
• Financial: Banking, brokerage, asset management, factoring, leasing, insurance, consumer finance,
• Energy: Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution, LPG storage,Petroleum storage,distribution,refining, pressure reducing and heating equipment, electricity production, industrial and special gases distribution, coal, iron ore, copper and zinc mining,
• Tourism. Marina operation, accommodation, food and beverage, patisserie products, travel agency, duty free operations, car rental,
• Construction: Shipbuilding, insulation materials, radiators, water heaters, contracting,
• International trade: International trade activities, distribution, representations, logistics, trade finance,
• Information technologies: Systems integration, services, consultancy and outsourcing, managed network services, ISP and VISP services, hosting, application services provider infrastructure services, B2B and B2C platforms, training and e-learning, cable TV operator, venture capital projects.
• Defence : İronclad, Coast Guard Search & Rescue vessel.

[edit] Education

The Koç School (elementary and high school) and The Koç University was established by Vehbi Koç Foundation.

[edit] Recent activities

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In 2005, Koç Holding acquired a 38% interest in Tüpraş, the largest company in Turkey according to ISO report of 2005, which was being privatized in a spree of privatizations after having already been partially privatized in 1991. Tüpraş has investments in the area of oil distillation, exploration and transportation.

Koç Holding also bought Yapı ve Kredi Bankası A.Ş., a major bank in Turkey previously belonging to Çukurova Holding, a leading conglomerate. The bank had been confiscated by the BDDK (Turkish Board of Banking Regulations) for lacking the required financial structure. Koçbank branches were transformed into Yapı Kredi branches, and the merger of the two banks was completed by the end of 2006.^[2]

[edit] Companies

1. Akpa A.Ş.
2. Archin Ltd.
3. Arctic S.A.
4. Arçelik A.Ş.
5. Arçelik LG Klima San. Tic. A.Ş.
6. Ark İnşaat A.Ş.
7. Arstil
8. Artesis A.Ş.
9. Aygaz A.Ş.
10. Beko Cesko S.R.O
11. Beko Deutschland GMBH
12. Beko Elektronik A.Ş.
13. Beko Espana S.L.
14. Beko France
15. Beko Italy SRL
16. Beko Plc.
17. Beko Polska S.A.
18. Beko Ticaret A.Ş.
19. Beldeyama Mot. Vasıtalar San.Tic. A.Ş.
20. Bilkom A.Ş.
21. Birleşik Oksijen San A.Ş.
22. BİRMOT Birleşik Motor Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş.
23. Blomberg Werke Gmbh
24. DD Heating Ltd.
25. Demir Export A.Ş.
26. Demrad A.Ş.
27. Divan A.Ş.
28. Dongguan Dei Chung Metal Appliances Limited
29. Döktaş Dökümcülük Tic. San. A.Ş.
30. Düzey A.Ş.
31. Elektra Bregenz AG
32. Eltek Elektrik Enerjisi İth. İhc. ve Toptan Tic. A.Ş.
33. Entek Elektrik ÜretimiA.Ş.
34. Ford Otosan Otomotiv San. A.Ş.
35. Grundig Elektronik A.Ş.
36. GVZ
37. Harranova Besi ve Tarım Ürünleri A.Ş.
38. İzocam Tic. San. A.Ş.
39. Kav Danışmanlık Paz. Tic. A.Ş.
40. Kobiline
41. Koç Allianz Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş.
42. Koç Allianz Sigorta A.Ş.
43. Koç Bilgi Grubu İletişim ve Teknoloji Şirketleri A.Ş.
44. Koç Bilgi ve Savunma Teknolojileri A.Ş.
45. Koç Bryce Teknoloji Eğitim Hizmetleri A.Ş.
46. Koç Faktoring A.Ş.
47. Koç Fiat Kredi A.Ş.
48. Koç Finansal Hizmetler A.Ş.
49. Koç Statoil Gaz Toptan Satış A.Ş
50. Koç Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş.
51. Koç.net A.Ş.
52. Koçfinans Tük. Fin. ve Kart Hizm. A.Ş.
53. Koçlease Finansal Kiralama A.Ş.
54. Koçportföy Yönetimi A.Ş.
55. KoçSistem Bilgi ve İletişim Hizm. A.Ş.
56. Koçtaş Yapı Marketleri A.Ş.
57. Kofisa S.A
58. Mares Otel Marmaris Altınyunus Turistik Tes. A.Ş.
59. Mogaz Petrol Gazları A.Ş.
60. New Holland Trakmak Traktör ve Zir. Mak. Tic. A.Ş.
61. Opet /Aygaz Bulgaria JSC
62. Opet A.Ş.
63. Opet International London Ltd.
64. Opet Madeni Yağ San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
65. Opet Trade (Ireland) Ltd.
66. Otokar Otobüs Karoseri San. A.Ş.
67. Otokoç A.Ş.
68. Otomotiv Lastikleri Tevzi A.Ş.
69. Otoyol Sanayi A.Ş.
70. Panel A.Ş.
71. PROMENA Elektronik Ticaret A.Ş.
72. Ram Dış Ticaret A.Ş.
73. Ram Pacific
74. Rambutya Ramstore – Kazakistan
75. Ramenka Ramstore – Rusya
76. Ramerica
77. Ramstore Bulgaristan
78. RMK Marine Gemi Yapım San. Deniz Taş. İşl. A.Ş.
79. Samkocauto J.S.C.
80. Sanal Merkez Tic. A.Ş.
81. Set Auto Azerbaycan
82. Set Auto Kazakistan
83. Set Oto Tic. Turizm A.Ş. AVIS Rent A Car
84. Setair Hava Taşımacılığı ve Hizm. A.Ş.
85. Setur Marinaları Marina ve Yat İşletmeciliği
86. Setur Servis Turistik A.Ş.
87. Sherbrook International Limited
88. Talya Oteli Tütaş Türk Turizm A.Ş.
89. Tanı Pazarlama ve İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.
90. Tat Konserve San. A.Ş.
91. Tat Tohumculuk A.Ş.
92. TBS Denizcilik ve Petrol Ürünleri Dış Ticaret A.Ş.
93. Tofaş – Türk Otomobil Fabrikası A.Ş.
94. Tüpraş – Türkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.Ş.
95. Türk Demir Döküm Fabrikaları A.Ş.
96. Türk Traktör ve Ziraat Makineleri A.Ş.
97. Ultra Kablolu TV ve Telekominikasyon San.Tic. A.Ş.
98. Vehbi Koç Vakfı
99. Yapı Kredi Bank (Deutschland) AG
100. Yapı Kredi Bank Azerbaycan
101. Yapı Kredi Bank Moskow
102. Yapı Kredi Bank Nederland N.V.
103. Yapı Kredi Emeklilik A.Ş.
104. Yapı Kredi Faktoring A.Ş.
105. Yapı Kredi Finansal Kiralama A.Ş.
106. Yapı Kredi Holding B.V.
107. Yapı Kredi Kültür ve Sanat Yayıncılık Tic.ve San.A.Ş.
108. Yapı Kredi Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş.
109. Yapı Kredi Sigorta A.Ş.
110. Yapı Kredi Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş.
111. Yapı Kredi Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş.
112. Yapı Kredi – Koray Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş.
113. Zer Merkezi Hizmetler A.Ş.
114. Zinerji Enerji ve San Tic. A.Ş.

[edit] External links

• Hoover's report summary
• Official website

[edit] References

1. ^ Fortune Global 500, CNNMoney.com Accessed on April 18, 2009
2. ^ Yapı ve Kredi Bankası A.Ş. and Koçbank A.Ş successfully complete the biggest merger in the history of the Turkish banking sector. Yapı Kredi press release, 2 October 2006.

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