Turkish national (b. 1970), married with two children
B.A. from Marmara University (1994)
Studied at University of Central Missouri
1992 - 1998: Founder and CEO of Nobel Ambalaj (Nobel Packaging)
KaleNobel achieved market leadership in flexible packaging and became the first flexible packaging company that received private equity investment in Turkey (2010 revenues: 48 mn USD)
2010: ARGUS Capital Partners acquired 50% of KaleNobel, Olcay Hephız remained as CEO and Chairman
2013: Acquired packaging assets of Big Drum Group, leading cone sleeve producer in Europe, located in Spain and Germany and transferred operations to Turkey
2016: Mondi Group acquired 100% of KaleNobel (2016 revenues: c.80 mn USD)
2017: Founder of TROM Investments