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Vuslat Doğan Sabancı

Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board
Hürriyet Newspaper and Printing Incorporated

Vuslat Doğan Sabancı was named as the Chief Executive Officer of Hürriyet on January 2004. As the Company’s senior business executive, she is responsible for its business strategy and she runs the enterprise on a day-to-day basis.
Over the last 4 years, since she became the Chief Executive Officer she steered the company in line with a global business perspective, emphasizing strong presence in developing media markets through acquisitions. Besides this initiative, she led the company in its efforts to compete in the new media business by launching succesful online endeavours. During her tenure, Hürriyet’s social presence was strengthened thanks to social responsibility campaigns.
Among these initiatives are:
  • Acquisition of Trader Media East, the most succesful online and print advertising medium of Russia, CIS and other countries in the region.
  • Initiating and strengthening the online presence of Hürriyet by the pioneering launching of its web-site and turning it into the # 1 Turkish web-site.
  • Launching online serial advertising sites for real estate and motor cars in Turkey to position Hürriyet favourably in this new and expanding advertising segment.
  • Launching Strengthening existing newspaper brands in Hürriyet portfolio like Turkish Daily News and launching business newspaper Referans.
  • Running a campaign against domestic violence and starting a campaign to instill the idea of human rights into the minds of the Turkish people in order to broaden the base of democracy.
  • Institutionalising the inner operations of Hürriyet and establishing procedures to bring about more objectivity in day to day management.
Despite the macroeconomic challenges thrown by the domestic economy, Ms. Doğan Sabancı managed to grow Hürriyet under her stewardship. Hürriyet stock became one of the leading shares in Istanbul Stock Exchange among foreign investors.
Ms. Doğan Sabancı, joined Hürriyet in 1996 as the Vice President in charge of advertising. Three years later she rose to the rank of Group President for Marketing Operations, where her responsibilities included marketing, sales, human resources and IT operations.
Before joining Hürriyet, Ms. Doğan Sabancı worked in the editorial management department of The New York Times for a year, followed by employment at The Wall Street Journal, where she helped in the formation of the Asian Business World News Channel and the Latin American Edition of the Journal.

Ms. Doğan Sabancı graduated from Bilkent University with a degree in Economics. She continued her education at Columbia University in New York, where she received an MA in International Media and Communications.

She is married with two sons.