About the Founder
Muzaffer Çilek, whose origins from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sikirić and Šiljak families), was born in İnegöl in 1960. He has completed his education in Bursa.
Since 1984, he has worked as the General Manager of the companies he founded in the furniture industry.
In 1996, he founded Çilek, a well-known and specialized brand locally and internationally in children's furniture.
In 2009, Çilek Foundation was established to support children on the hunger line with the food banking system.
In 2010, he founded the BIGMEV Foundation - Center for the Development of Relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In 2019, he acquired the well-known German furniture brand "CS Schmalmöbel 1986 Germany"
He has invested in the energy sector, construction sector, tourism, and the furniture sector in the United States, Germany, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Muzaffer Çilek is the President of the Management Board and the CEO of Çilek Holding, under which the member companies operate.
He is the Chairman of the Board of F-TR Furniture Partners (Foreign Trade Furniture Inc.).
He is the founder and board member of the Alija Izetbegovic Foundation.
He is the Honorary Consul of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Turkey.
With the decree of April 01, 2015, he served as an official advisor to Bakir Izetbegovic, a Member of the Presidential Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He is the President of the Business Council between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey (DEİK).
He is a Board Member of the Tabiat Equestrian Club.
He speaks English and Bosnian languages.
He is married and has one child.