Mustafa Rahmi Koç (born 9 October 1930) is a Turkish businessman.
1958
Following his military service, he started actively working for the Koç Group in 1958, joining the Otokoç Company in Ankara.
1960
In 1960, he transferred to Koç Ticaret, which represented the Koç Group in Ankara.
Rahmi Koç has three sons: Mustafa Vehbi (1960–2016), Ömer Mehmet (1962) and Ali Yıldırım (1967) from his previous marriage to Çiğdem Simavi.
1964
Following the relocation of the Koç Holding headquarters from Ankara to Istanbul in 1964, which was established a year earlier, he became general coordinator of Koç Holding A.Ş.
and moved to Istanbul.
1970
Thereafter in 1970, he became chairman of the executive committee and in 1975 deputy chairman of the board of management.
1980
Rahmi Koç was appointed chairman of the Koç Holding management committee in 1980.
1984
His father Vehbi Koç transferred his chairmanship to his son on 30 March 1984.
2003
Rahmi Koç retired from this duty on 4 April 2003, transferring his chair to his eldest son Mustafa Koç.
Rahmi Koç is currently Honorary Chairman of the Koç Holding.
A visit to Henry Ford Museum in Michigan inspired him to create the Rahmi M Koç Museum in Istanbul, which is dedicated to the history of transport, industry and communications exhibiting trains, submarines and autos.
2013
In 2013, Koç was the single highest taxpayer in Turkey, totalling 37.5 million lira.
Rahmi Koç was the only son of one of Turkey's wealthiest men Vehbi Koç.
He attended high school at Robert College in Istanbul after his primary education in Ankara.
Rahmi Koç then studied at the Johns Hopkins University in the US and received a BA in industrial management.
In 2013, he bought the Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Co., Florida's oldest boatyard, and renamed it RMK Merrill-Stevens.
He is the owner of a 171-foot yacht, the Nazenin V.
Koç received honorary doctorates from the following universities:
Koç was awarded by various national and international institutions as listed below:
He is a big fan and financial supporter of Beşiktaş J.K.
2016
In 2016, Forbes ranked him No. 906 richest person in the world with a net worth of $2.6 billion.
His son Mustafa died on 21 January 2016, of a heart attack, at the age of 55.
