Olcay Silahlı

He was born in 1988, in Çorlu. Despite his third-place school degree, he left Military Academy and entered Istanbul Technical University Management Engineering. He started his business in 2011 by finishing his school in three years. He worked as a Business Analyst in Deloitte Consulting, Brand Manager in Unilever and Think Tank Coordinator in Akbank. Fazla Gıda initiative, which expanded under the Whole Surplus brand to Germany, was able to receive an investment of 120,000 Euros from the Techstars Berlin acceleration program. It was also the only Turkish project selected for the global finalists of Accelerate2030 program, whereas Olcay Silahlı has been the only Turkish entrepreneur to attend 2017 Social Good Summit in Geneva and 2018 Social Good Summit in New York. It is also involved in The Good Kitchen program as a social technology initiative  is working on the United Nations Development Goals, “Zero Hunger” and “Climate Action”.