Hüsnü Özyeğin Net Worth

Hüsnü Özyeğin has an estimated net worth of $1.8 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Hüsnü Özyeğin profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is down from a peak of $3 billion.

Hüsnü Özyeğin is a Turkish businessman known for building banks and investment companies. After working at Pamukbank, he became general manager there in 1977. He later moved to Yapı ve Kredi Bankası in 1984 and helped turn the business profitable within 2 years. In 1987, he launched Finansbank. That became his best-known deal and a major base for the wealth he later built across finance and other sectors.

His business interests now sit in 2 groups. Financial investments are managed through Fiba Holding, while non-finance assets are under Fina Holding. After selling the Turkish division of Finansbank, he kept building through Credit Europe Bank and Fibabanka, plus investments in retail, real estate, health, renewable energy, ports and hotels. He also founded Ozyegin University in 2007. In 2019, he handed leadership of Fiba Holding to his children and became honorary chairman.

How Hüsnü Özyeğin makes money

Özyeğin built his fortune mainly through banking and then widened it into other industries. His key breakthrough came with Finansbank, which he founded in 1987 after leading major Turkish banks. He later sold the Turkish arm of Finansbank in 2006 and sold his remaining 9% stake in 2008. The non-Turkish part was rebranded as Credit Europe Bank, where he remained a main shareholder and board member, keeping finance at the center of his business empire.

Today, his structure is split between Fiba Holding and Fina Holding. Fiba Holding includes financial services, while Fina Holding covers non-finance activities. In Turkey, he operates under the Fibabanka name. Forbes notes that Credit Europe Bank has more than $5.5 billion in assets and around 915,000 retail and corporate customers in 9 countries. Beyond banking, Fiba has investments in retail, real estate, health, renewable energy, ports and hotels.

Forbes net worth and business picture

Forbes has tracked sharp moves in Özyeğin’s wealth over time. It put his fortune at $2.6 billion in 2016, then $3 billion in 2017, before easing to $2.9 billion in 2018. The estimate later fell to $2.1 billion in 2019 and stayed there in 2020. Those shifts fit a business portfolio tied to finance and diversified holdings, with results spread across banking, property, retail, energy and hospitality.

The lower point in the recent Forbes timeline was $1.8 billion in 2021, followed by $1.2 billion in 2025 and then $2 billion in 2026 on the World's Billionaires List. Forbes' real-time tracker listed him at $1.8 billion as of October 20, 2026. During this period, he also changed his day-to-day role. In 2019, he passed the reins of Fiba Holding to his children and became honorary chairman, while staying chairman of Fibabanka and Credit Europe Bank Russia.