Gökay Otyam was born in Istanbul in 1972 and studied in Marshal Fevzi Çakmak Primary School. After graduating from Kadıkoy Anatolian High School, he completed his higher education in Statistics at Mimar Sinan University. During his high school years, he worked as a stage actor with Genco Erkal. In 1994-1996, he worked as a radio programmer (DJ) in a private radio channel. In 1996, he left the radio, entered a research &development department of an institution and entered the finance professionally. Afterwards, he was transferred to Kanal E and worked as a Program Producer and Presenter. Gökay Otyam has been working at NTV since 2000 and now he is the Head of Business News.