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Vuslat Bayoğlu

7th April 2017

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

     

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Full Name: Vuslat Bayoğlu

Position: Canyon Coal executive chairperson

Main Activity of the Company: Canyon Coal is a coal exploration, mining and trading company with projects and operations in South Africa's Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces

Date and Place of Birth: September 8, 1974, Erzurum, Turkey

Education: BSc (Hons) (mechanical engineering), the Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey

First Job: Teaching assistant at the METU Industrial Engineering Department

Size of First Pay Packet: $1 000 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: About R2-billion

Number of People under Your Leadership: 2 000 employees

Management Style: I try to promote a team work mentality, but I am also able to make a quick unilateral decision when this is required

Personal Best Achievement: Developing successful operating mines in South Africa

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My mother

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My wife

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Barack Obama

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Steve Jobs

Philosophy of Life: I try to be fair and listen to the people around me

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Entering the South African mining industry

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Having people I trusted lie to me

Hope for the Future: The eradication of poverty globally

Favourite Reading: Business magazines and journals

Favourite TV Programme: News network channels

Favourite Food/Drink: Mediterranean food and fresh juices

Favourite Music: Classical

Favourite Sport: Soccer and basketball

Hobbies: Collecting model cars and aeroplanes

Car: Porsche Panamera

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Laziness and dishonesty

Married: To Zeynep, since August 2003

Children: Hakan, 12; Reyhan, 10

Clubs: None

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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