R. Faruk Eczacıbaşı, born in Istanbul in 1954, completed his undergraduate and MBA degrees at Berlin Technical University after graduating from Istanbul German High School in 1973.

Faruk Eczacıbaşı began his professional career in the department of planning at the Eczacıbaşı Group in 1980. Taking on the “computerizing” mission of the Eczacıbaşı Group, Faruk Eczacıbaşı managed the e-transformation process of  the Group.

Additionally, Faruk Eczacıbaşı is the President of the Turkish Informatics Foundation (TBV) which he co-founded in 1995 to assist in Turkey’s transformation to an information society. In this role, he is contributing to the preparation of numerous studies on related issues as well as shaping of the policies regarding this issue.

In 1996, Faruk Eczacıbaşı was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Eczacıbaşı Group, a position he continues to hold today.

Faruk Eczacıbaşı is also the President of the Eczacıbaşı Sports Club, a position he has held since 1999.

Lastly, in 2018, Eczacıbaşı published his book entitled “Daha Yeni Başlıyor” (It Has Only Just Begun) in which he investigates what technological innovations accelerating day by day has brought to and taken away from our lives by considering not only his personal experiences but also the “computerizing” adventure of Eczacıbaşı Group, and also by analyzing multiple parameters from the transformations Turkey has undergone to the latest developments in the world, and discusses, for better or worse, what expects the world in the future.