Attila Doğudan

Attila Doğudan
Born	1959 (age 65–66) Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish and Austrian
Occupation(s)	CEO and 40% owner, Do & Co
Children	2

Attila Doğudan (born 1959) is a Turkish and Austrian businessman, CEO of the Vienna-based Do & Co catering company.[1]

Early life

Attila Doğudan was born to a Turkish father and Austrian mother in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] He moved to Vienna with his family at the age of ten. In 1981, he began his professional career with a charcuterie shop in Vienna, while he was studying economics.[3] He dropped out of university.[4]

Business performance

Doğudan earned Euro 1.2 million in 2014 and his 40% personal shares in Do & Co are worth Euro 300 million.[5]

He is the CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of Do & Co.[6]

Awards

The International Flight Catering Association awarded Do & Co the Golden Mercury Award three times. In 2003, Magazine Trend named Doğudan "Man of the Year".[3]

In 2011, he was named "Austrian of the Year" in the Business category.[7]

Doğudan has been awarded the "Manager of the Year 2015" award by the European Business Press (EBP).[8][9][10][11]

The Turkish Airlines, catered by Do & Co received the Best Business Class Food and Beverage Award among European Airlines in 2015.[12]

Personal life

Doğudan and his family moved to Barcelona when his children were young.[13] He is married and has two sons: Attila Mark and Marius,[14] who are both involved in his business.[4] He was close friends with Niki Lauda.[15]

In his youth, Doğudan was part of the Austrian national table tennis team.[4]

See also

• Turks in Austria

References

1. Attila Doğudan DTIK. Retrieved 10 December 2022
2. "Mutfakların kralı Atilla".
3. "Attila Dogudan". wien.gv.at. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
4. Andreas Schnauder (15 October 2017). "Dogudan: "Kein Mensch hat sich um türkische Mitbewohner geschert"". derstandard.de. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
5. "Do & Co-Chef Attila Dogudan über seine Erfolgsformel". 6 June 2015.
6. "Attila Dogudan". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
7. "Die Parade der Österreicher des Jahres". diepresse.com. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
8. "Attila Dogudan verkozen tot Europees manager van het jaar". 5 June 2015.
9. "Do & Co-Chef Attila Dogudan über seine Erfolgsformel". 6 June 2015.
10. "Attila Dogudan élu Manager européen de l'Année". 4 June 2015.
11. "Attila Dogudan ist Europas Manager des Jahres | HZ".
12. "THY'den Paris Airshow'da 4 milyar dolarlık anlaşma".
13. Lars Reichardt (5 July 2013). "»Alles kann schiefgehen«". sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
14. "Home".
15. Lisa Trompisch (17 May 2020). "Attila Dogudan über Niki Lauda: "Werde seine Nummer nie löschen"". kurier.at. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

External links

• Do & Co website