Yildiz Akdogan Yildiz Akdogan Yildiz Akdogan (born 29 April 1973) is a Turkish Danish politician. She was a member of the Folketing—the parliament of Denmark—for the Social Democrats between 2007 and 2011. Along with Özlem Cekic, she was one of the first two female immigrant politicians to be elected to the Folketing. Akdogan was born in Turkey and was raised by her paternal grandparents for the first five-and-a-half years of her life. Her mother moved to Esbjerg in Denmark shortly after her birth and her father was called up to do military service in Turkey. The family were reunited in 1979, when
Cem Karakaş Transformation and Non-food Business of Yildiz in 2013. Karakaş began serving as a board member of United Biscuits in 2014 and was named Executive Deputy Chairman of Yildiz Holding in 2015. As Executive Deputy Chairman of Yildiz Holding, Karakaş managed the integration of over 20 baked goods and confectionery businesses into the company, which led to the listing of Ulker on Borsa Istanbul, Turkey’s stock exchange. He is also credited with leading the IPO of Bizim Toptam and the acquisition of DeMet's Candy and United Biscuits. Karakaş also led Turkey’s largest bread business, Uno, and managed the acquisition and integration