KARUM MARINE - Key Persons

He was born in 1962, in Istanbul, as the son of a soldier father and a mother who was a true Republican woman. Due to the designation of his military father, he started primary school in Ankara, and then completed his primary education in Konya due to the designation of his father. Afterwards, he passed the college exams and studied secondary and high school at Yükseliş College, and completed his university education at Gazi University, Faculty of Business Administration. As soon as he graduated from the university, he first started with the coal trade in order to realize the projects he had in mind, and then he realized several different projects. He started his professional career in the Finance department of Tofaş (Türk Automobile Factory Inc.), which is one of the leading companies in Turkey with its size and institutionalism, in 1986, with the worry of his marriage and the birth of his first child. After 27 years of work at Tofaş, he retired from his position as Finance Director in 2013 to realize his dreams. After his retirement, he settled in Çanakkale with the dreams of living by the sea, following his passion for the sea and nature. He returned to his business life to realize the projects he had been working on for years. He laid the foundations of Karum Engineering and Karum Marine in Çanakkale in 2013 in order to realize his dreams of retirement on the one hand, and to realize the projects that are always in his mind. Bülent OKT AY, who has a total admiration for hard-working people, would say "Never give up!" in difficult situations. He was the Father of many around him, including his two children. For those who ask how to write a success story, we can exemplify that Bülent OKT AY is a forward-thinking world person who is honest, has a special place in the business world with his entrepreneurship and always investing in the future, and who believes that people are more important than stock.