Semahat Arsel

Semahat Sevim Arsel is a Turkish billionaire businesswoman. She is a director of Koç Holding, the largest industrial conglomerate in Turkey, and the eldest child of its founder, Vehbi Koç. She owns 6.15% of the family business. As of August 2022, her net worth was estimated at US$1.6 billion.

Early life

Arsel was born in Ankara in 1928, the eldest child of Vehbi Koç.
Arsel graduated from the American College for Girls in Istanbul.

Arsel founded the Koç University School of Nursing. As of August 2021, Forbes estimated her net worth at US$1.9 billion. Arsel is the chairperson of the Vehbi Koç Foundation.

Her husband Nusret Arsel died in January 2014. They had no children. She lives in Istanbul.