Turkish businessman Murat Vargi has an estimated net worth of $1.06 billion as of June 2016 according to Forbes. He is best recognized as the founder of Turkcell which is considered as the largest cellphone operator in Turkey. Just last year, the company's stock price increased by 12%.

Murat Vargi is also associated with MV Holding which is known to hold interests in tourism and energy sectors. Furthermore, he is a stakeholder at KVK which is hailed by Turkey's biggest mobile phone retail network. In 2007, Dost Enerji, a company he owns, joined the renewable energy market. Currently, Dost Enerji owns 10% of the wind power market of Turkey.