Dogan Holding Company Description
He's not otherwise known as the Turkish Warren Buffett, but he may as well be; Aydin Dogan's one-time student side project has grown over the last five decades into one of the world's largest holding companies. Dogan Holding was founded in 1958 by its chairman as a transport company, later branching out into media (Mr. Dogan runs the oldest newspaper in Turkey), agriculture, commerce, construction, energy, industry, insurance, telecommunications, and tourism. The company owns six daily newspapers, publishes more than a dozen magazines, operates five cable television channels, and ten publicly traded companies. Adilbey Holding and the Dogan family together hold more than 65% of the company's ownership.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Dogan Holding's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of Dogan Holding's evolution in the marketplace.
