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New York · Madrid · Napoli · Istanbul

Building
Empires
Across Borders.

Entrepreneur Strategist Growth Architect

Two decades of founding, scaling, and leading businesses across four continents. 300+ international events. Three companies built from zero. One relentless drive to create impact at scale.

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3 Companies Founded
20+ Years Global Impact
300+ Int'l Events
Executive Profile

Two Decades of Building What Others Only Imagine.

Yağız Tütüncüoğlu is a serial entrepreneur, international business strategist, and e-commerce growth architect with over 20 years of building and scaling companies across the US, European Union, and Middle East.

From founding one of Turkey's premier Professional Congress Organizer firms — directing 300+ international medical and corporate congresses — to building a transatlantic e-commerce consultancy and a short-term rental portfolio across Naples and Istanbul, his career is defined by founder-level execution at every scale.

Armed with an AI-augmented operating style and a track record of delivering multi-million-euro outcomes across four countries, Yağız operates at the intersection of strategy, commerce, and innovation — building ventures that set the benchmark in every market entered.

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Career Journey
The Road to Global Scale
2018 – 2026
Founder & CEO
Angels & Partners LLC · New York, USA
Founded and scaled an international consultancy & e-commerce firm across the US, EU, and Middle East. Full P&L ownership from inception, AI-powered growth strategies, and HNW client programs.
2022 – 2025
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Angels & Partners S.r.l. · Madrid, Spain
Co-founded the EU entity to drive European expansion. Led luxury healthcare, medical tourism, and corporate services verticals across Spain, Italy, and Turkey.
2023 – 2026
Portfolio Owner & Operations Director
Short-Term Rental Portfolio · Naples & Istanbul
Built and operate a multi-property STR portfolio achieving above-market occupancy via AI-based pricing automation and a 5-star guest experience framework.
2015 – 2024
Founder & Executive Director
Seven Event Company (SEC) · Istanbul, Turkey
Founded one of Turkey's leading PCOs. Directed 300+ international congresses across Europe, Middle East, and the USA with full P&L accountability. Led teams of 20–150 professionals.
2016 – 2019
Founder & Creative Director
Jewelry Design & Luxury Brand · Naples, Italy
Founded an independent luxury jewelry venture targeting HNW clients across Italy and international markets. Full creative direction, brand development, and commercial operations.
2002 – 2015
Event & Congress Professional
International PCO Organizations · Istanbul & International
13 years building foundational expertise across international medical and corporate congress organizations — developing the operational, commercial, and stakeholder management skills that underpinned three successful ventures.
Areas of Mastery

Where Strategy
Meets Execution

A decade-spanning portfolio of expertise across entrepreneurship, e-commerce, digital transformation, and luxury client experience — deployed globally with precision.

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Business Development & Strategic Growth
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International Market Expansion
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E-Commerce Strategy & Growth
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AI & Digital Transformation
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Revenue Leadership & P&L Ownership
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Premium Brand & Luxury Positioning
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Operations & Supply Chain
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Strategic Partnerships & Investment Relations
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International Event & Congress Direction
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VIP, HNW & Luxury Client Experience
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People Leadership & Team Scaling
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Hospitality, Tourism & Medical Congress
Companies & Ventures

Built From Zero.
Scaled to Global.

Founded Venture · Legacy
Seven Event Company
SEC · Istanbul, Turkey
One of Turkey's leading Professional Congress Organizers (PCOs), specializing in aesthetic plastic surgery congresses and live surgery courses. Built from zero into a multi-million-euro operation spanning Europe, the Middle East, and the USA.
300+ international events delivered across 3 continents
Served as Executive Secretary RSE, CEO TSAPS, National Contact ISAPS
Led teams of 20–150 across operations, sales, and hospitality
Transitioned to AI-assisted workflows — significant productivity gains
2015 – 2024
Portfolio · Active
STR Portfolio
Airbnb / Short-Term Rentals · Naples & Istanbul
A multi-property short-term rental portfolio across Naples and Istanbul, managed with AI-based pricing automation, a 5-star guest experience framework, and above-market occupancy performance.
AI-based dynamic pricing automation driving net yield improvement
Consistently above-market occupancy via platform SEO & UX
Full end-to-end operations: housekeeping, guest services, revenue management
2023 – Present
Founded Venture · Creative
Luxury Jewelry Brand
Design Venture · Naples, Italy
An independent jewelry design and luxury brand venture rooted in artisanal craftsmanship and refined storytelling, targeting HNW and luxury-oriented clients across Italy and international markets.
Full creative direction, brand identity, and go-to-market strategy
HNW client acquisition with bespoke luxury positioning
Luxury brand positioning expertise integrated into broader consultancy offering
2016 – 2019
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International Events Directed
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Cumulative Budgets Managed
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Companies Founded & Scaled
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Professionals Led Simultaneously
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Years of Executive Impact
Thought Leadership

Insights From the
Frontlines of Growth

Industry Expertise
The AI-Augmented Executive: Leading Teams in the Age of Automation
How modern leaders are integrating AI workflows across sales, operations, and business intelligence — and why human judgment remains the ultimate multiplier.
Global Expansion
Market Entry Without the Guesswork: A Framework for International E-Commerce
A practitioner's guide to entering new markets with precision — from regulatory compliance and localization to marketplace selection and fulfilment architecture.
Entrepreneurship
Three Companies, Three Continents: What Serial Entrepreneurship Teaches You About Risk
Reflections on building from zero across Istanbul, New York, and Naples — the hard-won lessons on capital, culture, timing, and knowing when to pivot versus persist.
Congress Industry
The Future of Medical Congress: How Technology Is Redefining Professional Events
From hybrid formats to AI-driven delegate engagement — insights from 300+ international medical congresses on what the next decade of professional gatherings will look like.
E-Commerce Strategy
Why Most Brands Fail on Amazon — and the Five Disciplines That Separate Winners
The truth about marketplace dominance: why traffic is overrated, conversion architecture is everything, and why the brands that win treat Amazon like a business, not a channel.
Luxury & HNW
Designing for the 1%: What HNW Client Experience Actually Demands
How to build client relationships with high-net-worth individuals — the non-negotiables around communication, discretion, personalisation, and the white-glove service architecture that creates lifetime loyalty.
Client Perspectives

What Partners
Say About Working Together

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Yağız doesn't just think strategically — he builds. Within months of engagement, our European marketplace revenue had tripled. He brings the kind of commercial rigour you'd expect from a McKinsey partner, combined with a founder's bias to action.
Marco Esposito
CEO, Premium Home Brand · Italy
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What sets Yağız apart is his ability to operate simultaneously at the board level and on the ground. He led our international expansion with full P&L accountability and delivered results that exceeded every KPI we had set — in half the time projected.
Dr. Ayşe Kaya
President, International Medical Society · Istanbul
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In 23 years of attending global congresses, Seven Event Company set a benchmark I've never seen matched. Yağız's attention to the delegate experience — every detail, every touchpoint — was extraordinary. World-class execution.
Prof. Andreas Weber
Chair, European Aesthetic Surgery Society · Germany
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The AI-powered commerce strategy Yağız built for our Shopify and Amazon presence was transformative. Customer acquisition costs dropped 40% and our conversion rate increased by nearly 3x. He thinks like a CMO, operates like a COO, and delivers like a founder.
Sofia Marchetti
Founder, Luxury Lifestyle Brand · Milan
Core Competencies

The Full
Capability Stack

Revenue Ownership & Commercial P&L Leadership
Strategic Business Development & Market Expansion
Cross-Functional & Multi-Market Team Leadership
C-Suite & Upper-Level Executive Management
Sales Strategy, Pipeline Management & Growth
E-Commerce Strategy & Digital Platform Operations
People Management, Talent Development & Culture
International Event & Congress Direction
Strategic Planning, Forecasting & Decision-Making
Stakeholder, Investor, Sponsor & Board Relations
VIP, HNW & Luxury Client Experience Architecture
AI Tools, Automation & Data-Driven Optimisation
Operations & End-to-End Process Design
Jewelry Design & Luxury Brand Development
CRM Automation · HubSpot · Mailchimp · Zapier
Languages
Communication
Without Borders
Turkish
Native
English
Fluent
Italian
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