Saygin Yalcin

Webit Speaker, Founder & CEO of SellAnyCar.com

Saygin Yalcin is a German entrepreneur with Turkish descent. He is best known as the Founder & CEO of SellAnyCar.com, Founder of the first and largest online private shopping club in the Middle East, Sukar.com and Partner at Jabbar Internet Group, the holding company that emerged through the sale of the world’s largest Arab online community Maktoob.com to Yahoo! in September 2009. Saygin is also Partner at Souq.com Group, the largest ecommerce company in the Arab world owning companies, such as Souq.com, CashU.com and QExpress. Moreover, Saygin is Academic Lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Ecommerce at the Canadian University of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

In 2011, Saygin has been awarded as one of the United Arab Emirates’ Hot 100 personalities and, in 2012, nominated for the country’s “Personality of the Year” award by ITP, the UAE’s largest publishing group.

In May 2013, Saygin was referred to as "the region's online business guru" by the National newspaper and as an opinion leader in the areas of Entrepreneurship and Online Business in the Middle East and beyond.

Saygin has also been active in promoting Entrepreneurship and early-stage venture capital activities in the UAE.

Saygin holds an international master’s degree in business administration and economics, having studied at top business schools in Germany (WHU), the USA (USC) and Mexico (ITAM).