Wednesday 9 March 2022

Women entrepreneurs in our countries

Choose a female entrepreneur and „make her” present her business with „speakpic” app

Oksana Kutsjak Jõhvi Russian Basic School, Estonia

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Reet Aus
Hello! I am RET AUS.
As a designer, I have been able to mass-produce clothes from recycled materials, thereby making a positive impact on the environment.
Congratulations to all on International Women's Day! I wish you love, spring, happiness and a clear sky above your head!
Be healthy and happy!



Oksana Kutsjak, Jõhvi Russian Basic School, Estonia

Anelia.jvp


Criss Soonik is a lingerie designer based in London and Tallinn. In just 6 years, her brand has gained fans all over the world - from New York to Tokyo. Kriss Soonik Loungerie lingerie is worn by celebrities such as Berenice Marlo, Mischa Barton and pop singer Miley Cyrus. The brand has twice been included in the list of the prestigious British award "CoolBrands". Criss has featured in Elle, Glamour, Esquire, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and, of course, VOGUE.




Fatma Deniz Akyol

Women Entrepreneurs from Turkey 

Sabiha GÖKÇEN (Prepared by Cemre.HOTAL) 


SABİHA GÖKÇEN

Sabiha Gökçen was born in 1913 and died in 2001. She was the first Turkish female pilot and also the world's first female fighter jet pilot. She was the first woman in the world who could dare this. So she was the first woman entrepreneur in the filed of aviation and fight piloting. After she lost her family at a young age, she was adopted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic. Thanks to Atatürk, she completed her education and became a fighter jet pilot. She participated in 32 military operations, flying around 8000 hours in her lifetime. After the surname law was approved, “Gökçen” surname was given her by Atatürk. Later her name was given to Istanbul's second airport.


Ebru BAYBARA (Prepared by Deniz.HOTAL) 



EBRU BAYBARA

Ebru BAYBARA is the first and only Turkish woman chef who won the Best Chef award from Basque Culinary World Prize. She represented Turkey in World Gastronomy Tourism Forum arranged by World Tourism Organization. She participated in a lot of international projects. She is currently working on protecting the seed soil and natural water sources and regaining the food wastes to the nature. She also runs a project in Turkey called Biodegradable Waste Project that picks up the fruit and vegetable wastes and reuses the compote.


Demet MUTLU (Prepared by Elif.HOTAL)


Demet Mutlu is the founder and CEO of Trendyol which is the greatest e commerce platform in Turkey. She graduated from New York University, Department of Economics. After completing her Master of Business Administration at Harvard University, she started Trendyol with a capital of 300 thousand dollars in her living room and brought it to life in 2010. The site's value reached $150 million in the first 16 months, and with this success her company gained a signicifant investment from Chinese technology giant Alibaba. In 2016, she became the only Turkish entrepreneur chosen by Young Global Leaders in the 'Europe's Outstanding Young Leaders' category.


Hanzade DOĞAN BOYNER (Prepared by İpek.HOTAL)



Hanzade DOĞAN BOYNER

Hanzade Doğan Boyner is the founder of Hepsiburada.com, one of the biggest electronic commercial companies in Turkey. She also holds the positions of chairman of the board of directors and vice chairman of the board of directors position in several other companies. She graduated from the London School of Economics with a BA in economics. She returned to Turkey the year she got her MBA degree in Columbia University and founded Doğan Online, the largest internet holding in Turkey. She is also currently running the “Dad, Send Me to School” campaign, which is one of Turkey’s most successful social responsibility projects. Within the framework of this project, which aims to remove the obstacles in girls’ education, 10,500 girls have been given scholarships and 33 girls’ dormitories have been built.


9B yasemin.Sal-Sinem Us- Salbaş Anatolian High School

Gamze Cizreli

Hello,

I am Gamze Cizreli. I'm originally from Diyarbakır , but I grew up in Ankara. I graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Business Administration. In 2007, I founded the Big Chefs initative in Ankara. Between 2007 and 2009, I reached four locations in Ankara. Since 2009, we have grown rapidly abroad, especially in Dubai , Saudi Arabia and Bahrain . We have 48 restaurants in Turkey and 9 restaurants abroad .



Dimitrichka Poryazova

Women Entrepreneurs from Bulgaria

Vanya Ananieva - presented by Daniela Dch and Gena Sabeva - presented by Neslihan Dch

Hello, my name is Vanya Ananieva and I am 36 years old, I have been involved in intellectual activity all my life. I am a successful business woman, owner of Intellect language schools. Thanks to my perseverance and determination, I was able to move my business from my grandmother's apartment to a network of several branches in Sofia. A year after high school, I decided to start teaching from home. With a white board, table and several chairs. 16 years later, I ran my own company, which provides bread for 60 people. More than 19,000 people passed through my schools. I believe that when someone works from the heart and soul, magic happens.

I am Gena Sabeva and I am a business lady, entrepreneur and mentor with nearly 30 years of professional experience. I am a managing partner in the family construction project management company Sabevi Group and I am developing my own franchise brand VIT - Mattress Exchange, whose mission is to help people stay in Bulgaria and work for themselves, creating their own business. My mission is to develop and support entrepreneurship in Bulgaria.


esat.afl-Sezen BEŞİRLİ-Aksaray Şehit Pilot Hamza Gümüşsoy Science High School

Demet Mutlu is the founder and CEO of one of the greatest e commerce platform in Turkey. She graduated from New York University, Department of Economics. After completing her Master of Business Administration at Harvard University, she started her e commerce platform with a capital of 300 thousand dollars in her living room and brought it to life in 2010. The site's value reached $150 million in the first 16 months. In 2016, she became the only Turkish entrepreneur chosen by Young Global Leaders in the 'Europe's Outstanding Young Leaders' category.