Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Regions Great Lakes Gender Male
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Ali Abhary is the Chief Executive of Spectrum Medya A.S., the largest radio broadcasting company in Turkey and founder of Karnaval.com, the largest internet radio broadcaster in Turkey. Spectrum Medya and Karnaval.com are investments of Actera Group, one of the largest Turkish private equity firms.
An Iranian-Canadian who moved to Turkey 16
years ago, Mr. Abhary is the founder of Biletix A.S., the leading entertainment ticketing company in Turkey which he subsequently sold to Ticketmaster / Live Nation in 2006. In founding Biletix, Mr. Abhary established one of the earliest and most successful internet startups in Turkey, and the first that led to a direct investment from a major international e-commerce company.
Prior to founding Biletix, Mr. Abhary was a Senior Consultant with Monitor Group, a world-leading strategy consulting firm having worked in Monitor’s Istanbul and Boston offices advising major Fortune 500 companies on issues of strategy and new market entry, with a focus on internet strategies.
Mr. Abhary is a Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude graduate of Brown University where he studied International Relations and Economics.
