Mehmet Aydinlar

Mehmet Ali Aydinlar leads Turkey's largest chain of private hospitals, Acibadem Healthcare Group.He build the company after starting out as a consultant in the same field, took it public in 2000, and brought in a partner, Abraaj Capital, in 2008. The company was delisted in 2012, after Aydinlar struck a deal with Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund and Kuala Lumpur-based IHH Healthcare Berhad.Aydinlar exchanged Acibadem shares for cash and stock in IHH; he now owns 10% of Acibadem and just over 6% of IHH.Acibadem has been expanding into the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia and Iraq.