Sabancı is a renowned, award-winning Turkish businesswoman and the Chairperson of the family-controlled Sabancı Holding, a $25 billion industrial and financial corporation, the second largest in Türkiye. Ban Ki-moon appointed Sabancı as a member of the Board of United Nations Global Compact, the UN’s highest-level advisory body involving business, civil society, labour, and employers’ organizations. She was recently honoured with the David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award for her philanthropic contributions.