Saygin Yalcin (Turkish: Saygın Yalçın;Turkish Time magazine: Haftanın girişim öyküsü: Sellanyca.cm ve Saygın Yalçın born 1984) is a Dubai-based German entrepreneur and academic lecturer of Turkish origin. He founded Sukar.com was acquired by Souq.com, which was then acquired by Amazon for $580 million.
Personal life Saygin was born in Bremen to Turkish immigrants.Bild: Saygin Yalcin schaffte es aus einachen verhaltnissen zum selfmade-mann – Der Dubai-Millionär (33) Aus dem Bremer Plattenbau In his teenage years he was a skilled footballer who played in the German junior league A-Junioren Bundesliga.
Education He studied in Germany at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and later in the United States and Mexico. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Monroe College.
Career One of his jobs was marketing and sales at BMW in 2004. He also worked for Capgemini and L’Oreal. He began his entrepreneurial career by founding a business in Germany. Later he moved to the United Arab Emirates, where he founded Sukar.com. After selling it to Souq.com, he later established SellAnyCar.comArabian Business: Pure ambition: Saygin Yalcin, CEO of SellAnyCar.comEsquire Middle East: Saygin Yalcin: Businessman? Or social media superstar? becoming its CEO.Gulf Marketing Review: Saygin Yalcin, founder and CEO of sellanycar.comGruenderszene.de: Dieser Deutsche Gründer will Aus Dubai die Auto1 Group angreifen He is also well known on social media after appearing on YouTube He is a visiting instructor on entrepreneurship at the Canadian University of Dubai.Canadian University of Dubai: Souq.com signs MOU with the Canadian University of Dubai to promote entrepreneurship His YouTube channel produces the show Startup Hero where selected viewers pitch their idea to Yalcin and other investors for funding.StartupHero websiteThe National UAE: YouTube platform provides lift-off for entrepreneurial start-ups
sellanycar.com For the expansion of sellanycar.com into Europe, he raised about 10 million euros in an investment round from Polar Light Ventures. In another investment round, he wanted to collect 100 million euros, which would have made the company a unicorn. However, the investment round was canceled. In 2015 sellanycar.com also came to Germany. The goal was to take over the market leadership of the unicorn AUTO1 Group. The operating business of sellanycar.com in Germany was discontinued after a few months.
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