Efe Cakarel

Efe Çakarel^[1][2][3][4] is a Turkish entrepreneur, founder and CEO of MUBI.^[5][6][7] Following his graduation from the American Collegiate Institute in İzmir, Turkey, he earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to founding MUBI, he spent a number of years at Goldman Sachs^[8] in investment banking. He was part of Turkey's national math team and placed third in the European Math Olympiad.^[9] He also has two patents related to monetization of web applications.^[10]

Efe Çakarel
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Occupation	Businessman
Organization	MUBI

In February 2025, The New York Times published a major profile piece on MUBI and Efe Çakarel, positioning MUBI as "a real Hollywood player" following the success of The Substance^[11].

At the Cannes Film Festival in May 2025, MUBI paid $24m for Lynne Ramsay’s psychological comedy-drama Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, across multiple territories^[12] - the biggest deal in to come out of Cannes that year.^[13]

In May 2025, the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital invested £100m in MUBI, valuing the company at $1bn.^[13]