Ahmet Bilgen, with over 25 years of experience in technology sector leadership, entrepreneurship, and investment, has achieved success in the software industry in Turkey and internationally. In 2019, as the founder of Foriba, he achieved international success and completed a successful exit, promoting the culture of sharing with the team in the field of entrepreneurship in our country. As the Chairman of the Board at FigoPara, Trendbox, and Caretta Robotics Startups, he delivers the solutions the industry needs on a global scale. Ahmet Bilgen has invested in more than 20 technology startups as an angel investor.

By investing in and providing mentorship support to startups, he contributes to innovation and growth in the technology field, focusing particularly on initiatives operating in IoT, Big Data, FinTech, and Artificial Intelligence. Selected to the Endeavor International Active Entrepreneur Network in 2015, Ahmet Bilgen also serves on the boards of Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Foundation, TRNC Entrepreneurship Innovation Technology and Investment Association (GIDYAD), and the Association of Cypriot Businesspeople. Serving as the President of the TRNC Presidency Entrepreneurship Committee, Bilgen enjoys reading about Islamic Science History as an amateur, and he is a married father of two children.