Murat Vargi

Murat Vargi (#3361)

Global Rank #3361

Country Rank #40

Country Turkey

Murat Vargi is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 1 B
Telecom
Turkey
M
78 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #3,361

Country Rank #40

Net Worth $1.0B

Previous Worth $1.0B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Turkey

Industry Telecom

Age 78 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Istanbul, Turkey

Citizenship Turkey

World Billionaires List Turkey Billionaires Telecom

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 78

Source Of Wealth Telecom, Self Made

Residence Istanbul, Turkey

Citizenship Turkey

Marital Status Married

Children 2

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $1.0B

Current Net Worth $1.0B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Murat Vargi is the co-founder of Turkey's largest provider of mobile service, Turkcell, who has diversified into real estate and hotels, startups and renewable energy. Although having divested most all of his Turkcell stake, he has 80% of KVK, a mobile phone distributor supplying a retail network with 1,000+ outlets. Dost Energy, of which Vargi's owns 51%, has found success by focusing exclusively on producing power from wind. Vargi is an active venture investor. In 2015, Gedik Yatırım and Vargi's MV Holding opened a startup hub in Istanbul, StartersHub. Among his venture investments is a 20% stake in PayCore, focused on payment systems services and solutions, plus fraud detection and prevention.

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#3332

Billionaires (2026)

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Vargi started his career working as an export representative with Koc Holdings, founded by one of Turkey's leading business families.

Turkcell and KVK are among Turkey's most recognized brands.

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Current Net Worth: $1.0B (May 4, 2026)