Faruk Eczacıbaşı Net Worth

Faruk Eczacıbaşı has an estimated net worth of $1 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Faruk Eczacıbaşı profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is down from a peak of $1.9 billion.

Faruk Eczacıbaşı is a Turkish businessman and vice chairman of the Eczacıbaşı Group, one of Turkey's best known family conglomerates. He was born in 1954. He owns a large share of the group together with his brother Bülent and other family members.

He graduated from the Deutsche Schule Istanbul and earned undergraduate and MBA degrees from the School of Management at Technische Universität Berlin. He began his career in 1980 in the group's planning department. He later led its move into computers and digital systems as head of Eczacıbaşı Information and Communication Technologies, and he became vice chairman in 1996.

Away from business, he collects modern art with his wife, Füsun, loves jazz and lives in Istanbul's historic Galata area. In 1995 he helped found the Turkish Informatics Foundation, which he leads as president, and in 2018 he published a book on digital change called This Is Only the Beginning.

How Faruk Eczacıbaşı made his money

His fortune comes from his family's stake in the Eczacıbaşı Group. His father, Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı, focused first on pharmaceuticals before expanding into personal health care and other businesses. Today the group has 25 production facilities in Turkey and 16 abroad.

It is a global exporter of ceramic and wall tiles, bathroom fixtures and accessories, with brands including VitrA, Villeroy and Boch and Engers Keramik. It also works in health care services, medical products for hospitals, consumer products, finance, IT, mining and real estate development. It is Turkey's leading producer of toilet paper.

How Forbes has valued Faruk Eczacıbaşı

Forbes valued Eczacıbaşı at $1.5 billion in 2019 and $1.1 billion in 2020. His figure rose to $1.8 billion in 2021, dipped to $1.5 billion in 2022 and peaked at $1.9 billion in 2023.

It then fell to $1.3 billion in 2024 and $1.1 billion in 2025, before recovering to $1.4 billion on the 2026 World's Billionaires List. As of October 20, 2026, the Forbes real-time billionaires tracker showed $1 billion. Swings in the Turkish lira have weighed on the dollar value of his family's holdings.

Sports

Since 1999 he has been president of the Eczacıbaşı Sports Club. Its women's volleyball team won the Women's Club World Championship in 2015 and 2016, and in 2018 the club received the International Olympic Committee's Women and Sport World Trophy.