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Matild Manukyan

Turkish businessperson

1914 - 2001

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Her biography is available in 13 different languages on Wikipedia. Matild Manukyan is the 506th most popular businessperson, the 1,097th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 7th most popular Turkish Businessperson.

Matild Manukyan is most famous for building a vast brothel empire in early 20th-century Istanbul, becoming one of Turkey's most successful figures in the sex industry. Surprisingly, as an Armenian woman in the Ottoman Empire, she amassed significant wealth and influence despite facing ethnic and gender discrimination. Her lasting legacy lies in challenging societal norms for women in business, though her operations continue to spark ethical debates about exploitation and power dynamics.

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Among Businesspeople

Among businesspeople, Matild Manukyan ranks 506 out of 847Before her are Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Vladimir Lisin, Ernest Oppenheimer, Sherry Lansing, Azim Premji, and Mohammed bin Hammam. After her are J. R. D. Tata, Samuel Cunard, Anders Frisk, Mike Lindell, Carl Icahn, and Petr Kellner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Matild Manukyan ranks 264Before her are Elfriede Kaun, Hermínio de Brito, Julián Marías, Orhan Kemal, Yrjö Nikkanen, and Jeff Corey. After her are Adolf Urban, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Kaisa Parviainen, Robert R. Wilson, Jaap Bakema, and Nikolay Makarov. Among people deceased in 2001, Matild Manukyan ranks 209Before her are Eudora Welty, Gordon R. Dickson, Franco Rasetti, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Nancye Wynne Bolton. After her are Bernard Heuvelmans, Joe Fagan, Mongo Beti, Arie van Vliet, Hani Hanjour, and R. K. Narayan.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Matild Manukyan ranks 1,097 out of NaNBefore her are Halil Pasha (1857), Oppian (101), Morphia of Melitene (1010), Cemal Süreya (1931), Wasfi Tal (1919), and Ahmet Altan (1950). After her are Cadmus of Miletus (-500), Ayşe Kulin (1941), Yaşar Doğu (1913), Attilâ İlhan (1925), Nazım Pasha (1848), and Kadir Mısıroğlu (1933).

Among Businesspeople In Türkiye

Among businesspeople born in Türkiye, Matild Manukyan ranks 7Before her are Aristotle Onassis (1906), Calouste Gulbenkian (1869), Basil Zaharoff (1849), Dieter Zetsche (1953), Vehbi Koç (1901), and Uğur Şahin (1965). After her are Salt Bae (1983), Murat Ülker (1959), Güler Sabancı (1955), Acun Ilıcalı (1969), Selçuk Bayraktar (1979), and Aziz Yıldırım (1952).

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