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JUNE 26-27   Istanbul Blockchain Week Brought to you by EAK Digital

Alemsah Ozturk, Chief Happiness Officer of 4129Grey & Ogilvy, co-founded 4129! in February 2007, which became, within 5 years, the most awarded and successful digital advertising agency in Turkey. The agency was acquired by WPP in 2012. After merger with Grey Istanbul Advertising Agency in May 2015, 4129Grey was created as a new fully integrated communication agency. Before 4129Grey & Ogilvy, Alemsah founded several agencies and start-ups and he was named the youngest creative director in Turkey at the age of 24. His work on prestigious accounts over the last 20 years has been honoured at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards, Eurobest, Golden Drum, D&AD, Webby awards and many more. Alemsah has also been invited to take part in juries at Cannes Lions, Golden Drum, New York Festivals and several other local and global award shows. He is very active in social media with 314k+ followers on Twitter, and shares his thoughts on creativity, culture and self-development on his blog (http://medium.com/@alemsah). Alemsah is also a very influential speaker and sought by many organisations such as TEDx and international creativity conferences. He has been acknowledged as the entrepreneurial example of Turkey by Current POTUS Joe Biden. As an angel investor, he has invested in more than 15 start-ups; and he is spending time mentoring young entrepreneurs. ( https://vimeo.com/125233739 )Alemsah is part of GREY’s Global Digital Council and Regional Creative Board, helping agencies in Europe to push forward digital & innovation. As of 2021, He became the AKQA Group CEO managing Ogilvy,