| Middle East Technical University, BS | 1995 |
| Business Administration |
Hakki started his career as a consultant at PWC and Deloitte, focusing on CRM. Before his first venture, he took senior management roles as the GM of Netbul and GM of Noktalar all focusing on internet and mobile in Turkey.
Hakki founded and successfully exited multiple businesses, JV with Shazam (NeBuCalan), PowerClub (Turkey’s first and biggest digital music store), music based social network Soundklan, which made him the Young Interactive Entrepreneur of the Year in Turkey in 2003 and 2008.
Most recently Hakki founded and leading Napideal in Eastern Europe, a joint venture between Turkey’s leading daily deals site Grupanya (backed by Intel Capital).
Before Napideal he co-founded Green Travel, the 2nd largest tour operator in Hungary with $30M+ in revenues.
Hakki has led and managed more than 50 web and mobile projects successfully and he is a graduate of ODTU.