Sina Afra

Sina is a Serial Entrepreneur. His latest endeavor is Evtiko.com which he founded and serves as CEO. Before that he was the Founder of Markafoni, the first and leading Online Fashion site of Turkey. Markafoni became the first Turkish internet company expanding beyond the borders of Turkey: Markafoni launched sites in Australia, Ukraine, Greece and Poland between 2009 and 2011. In Turkey, Markafoni established zizigo.com as well as Misspera.com and acquired enmoda.com. Sina served until 2014 as Chairman and CEO.
The Naspers Group acquired in July 2011 a majority stake at Markafoni and signed for one of the biggest deals in the Turkish internet.
Sina is also an active Business Angel and invests in early stage start-ups. He is the President of the Entrepreneur Foundation, Board Member of Endeavor Turkey and TÜSİAD Member
Sina has been elected as the “Internet Entrepreneur of the Year” and “Business Angel of the Year” in Turkey. Markafoni won several awards: “Best Web Start-up 2011” and “Best Online Fashion Site in 2011, 2012 and 2013”. The Wired UK magazin elected in 2012 and 2013 Markafoni to the hottest 100 companies in Europe. Sina was also selected (2014 & 2015) to the Top 100 most influential tech people Europe. In 2016 he was selected as one of Top 100 most influential tech people in the World (Wired Magazine)
Prior to Markafoni, Sina spent more than 5 years with eBay and 12 years with KPMG. Sina received a “Diplom Kaufmann” from Münster University and joined later Harvard Business School. He speaks five languages. He shares his thoughts on eCommerce in his personal blog www.sinaafra.com and on twitter (@sinaafra).