Rustu Argit

Rustu Argit, General Manager, World Trade Center Istanbul

Mr. Rustu Argit was born in 1966 in Istanbul. After finishing elementary school, he attended German High School (Deutsche Schule/Istanbul). He graduated from high school in 1996.

He was qualified to attend University of Istanbul, Faculty of Economics, where he studied until 1991. He also worked as Sales Controller at Tokai / Derby Group, which is the biggest lighter producer in Turkey, during the last year of his university education. He visited sales regions all across Turkey to evaluate customer satisfaction.

He went to USA/UW Madison after graduating from university, to study and improve his English. He has been certified ESL program for one year, 1993.

After returning to Istanbul, he started to work as Credit Marketing Specialist at Al-Baraka Finance House until his military service in 1994.

After completing military service, he worked at Cerestar Turkey ( JV with Ulker Group ) between 1995-1999, as Food Division Sales Manager.

In 2000, he decided to run his own business at Food Ingredients and Paper Industry until 2010.
He joined WTC Istanbul in August 2010 as Foreign Affairs Department Manager, and currently serving as General Manager of WTC Istanbul.

He is fluent in German and in English. He is married and has two sons. He likes traveling, sailing and various motor sports.