NEVZAT AYDIN
Turkey, Yemeksepeti.com
Nevzat Aydın is the co-founder and global CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the leading online food
delivery portal in Turkey.
Born in 1976, Nevzat holds a computer engineering degree from Boğazici University and
an MBA from the University of San Francisco. During his time in Silicon Valley, Nevzat
was inspired to start Yemeksepeti.com and returned to Istanbul to pursue this endeavor.
Yemeksepeti, which began in Turkey, later expanded to six countries in the Middle East
through its global brand Foodonclick.com, as well as to Greece, Bulgaria and Romania through acquisitions.
In May 2015, Yemeksepeti was acquired by Delivery Hero with the largest valuation in Turkish Internet history. Nevzat
was among the 150 entrepreneurs invited from around the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by President
Barack Obama in April 2010. In 2013 and 2015, he was named on Fortune's "40 Under 40" list.
Currently, Nevzat is a board member of Endeavor Turkey, TUSIAD, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.
Nevzat has made 26 investments including Lidyana.com, Buldumbuldum.com, Supplementer.com, Modacruz.com, Bebek
Burda and Street Bees. Nevzat is also the Vice President of Trabzonspor.
