Yıldırım Demirören

Yıldırım Demirören (born 6 October 1964) is a Turkish businessman, former chair of the Istanbul-based Turkish multisports club Beşiktaş, and former president of the Turkish Football Federation.

Yıldırım Demirören
President of the Turkish Football Federation
In office 27 February 2012 – 28 February 2019
Preceded by	Hüsnü Güreli (interim)
Succeeded by	Hüsnü Güreli (interim)
President of Beşiktaş JK
In office 26 April 2004 – 27 February 2012
Preceded by	Serdar Bilgili
Succeeded by	Fikret Orman
Personal details
Born	(1964-10-06) 6 October 1964 (age 60) Bursa, Turkey
Residence(s)	Istanbul, Turkey
Alma mater	Leysin American School
Occupation	Industrialist, businessman, sports manager

He owns part of Demirören Şirketler Grubu (Demirören Group), which was founded in 1964^[1] and are focused on liquid gas distribution.

Yıldırım Demirören resigned from his post as the president of Beşiktaş J.K. to be a candidate for the presidency of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF). He was elected president of the TFF on 27 February 2012 succeeding Mehmet Ali Aydınlar, who resigned on 31 January 2012.^[2]

Personal life

Demirören is an alumnus of Leysin American School. He is married and has three children. He is also member of Turkish business associations TÜSİAD and TUGİAD. His hobbies are golf and traveling.