Hacı Sabancı

Q: When did Hacı Sabancı die?

Hacı Sabancı died on June 26, 1998.

Q: How old was Hacı Sabancı when they died?

Hacı Sabancı was 63 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Hacı Sabancı's cause of death?

The cause of death of Hacı Sabancı was lung cancer.

Hacı Sabancı (25 June 1935 – 26 June 1998) was a Turkish businessman, philanthropist, and second-generation member of the renowned Sabancı family.

He was born in the Akçakaya village of Kayseri Province as the third son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı, who founded Turkey's second largest industrial and financial conglomerate, Sabancı Holding.

Hacı went to school and spent most of his life in Adana. After dropping out of the secondary school, he started his career in the family-owned automobile dealing and cotton exporting companies. He later served at several top management posts in different companies of Sabancı Holding. He was also president of the board of trustees of Sabancı Foundation VakSA.

Family

He married Özcan in 1959. They had two sons, Ömer in 1959 and Mehmet in 1963, and a daughter, Demet. Mehmet died of a heart attack in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Hacı Sabancı died on 26 June 1998, the day after his 63rd birthday, in Istanbul after a two-year struggle against lung cancer. He was laid to rest in Adana next to his murdered brother Özdemir.

Honorary doctorates

Çukurova University, Adana
East Mediterranean University, Northern Cyprus

Awards

Order of Supreme Merit of Turkey presented by President Süleyman Demirel
"Best Trading Executive of the Balkans" by the International Association of Business Administration