Draft:Hande Çilingir

Hande Çilingir (born 1985) is a Turkish entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of Insider.

Education
Çilingir's was born in Bursa, Turkey to immigrants: her mother was from Greece and her father from Bulgaria. She attended Bursa Anatolian High School, and Istanbul Bilgi University, and received her undergraduate diploma from the London School of Economics.

Career
Çilingir previously created an English as a second or foreign language school in Fethiye, Turkey, with Serhat Soyuerel and sold it.

In 2012, she co-founded Insider, an artificial intelligence-backed marketing company, alongside Arda Koterin, Mehmet Sinan Toktay, Muharrem Derinkök, Okan Yedibela and Serhat Soyuerel. According to Forbes, the company is worth US$2 billion as of March 2024. In 2021, she spoke with Barack Obama at the Reshape 2021 summit.