İlhanSal

I was born in Ağaçören, a small district of Aksaray. We were five siblings, and my childhood was shaped by farming and raising livestock. Until fourth grade, this land was my whole world.

When my family moved to Ankara, a new chapter began. I finished primary school, middle school and high school in Keçiören Etlik. In my final years of high school, an internship at an accounting office gave me my first taste of business.

The moment I finished high school, I started my own company — Eksen Grup, on Meşrutiyet Street, first as a sole proprietorship, later incorporated as a limited company.

The projects I took on pulled me to Istanbul, where I grew the company and the team. Later we opened an R&D center in Sakarya — still active today.

One day I decided to see the world. I've visited 35 countries so far, each one adding its own perspective and its own story. I intend to keep exploring for as long as I can.

Today I run a few software companies and a digital media agency in Istanbul. Our R&D center in Sakarya is still hard at work.

I'm single, and a father of two. And this story isn't finished — there are still countries to discover and companies still to build.