Alpaslan Kaya – a successful businessman,  innovative entrepreneur, hardworking diplomat, generous philanthropist, visionary investor, the loving husband, and father of two wonderful girls Merve and Mina  –  was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1975. 

He studied at Istanbul Boğaziçi high school between 1986 – 1994. After graduation, he went to the United States and finished his ALA at the University of Tampa between 1994-1995.  In the following year, he studied Business Administration at Florida Metropolitan University and graduated with a GPA of 3.5 out of 4. He continued his education at the FMU University Tampa for Management and Marketing and graduated with a 3.5 GPA.  Successfully completing his education, Alpaslan Kaya returned to his hometown Turkey, to achieve his goals in business.