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'''Melih Abdulhayoğlu''' (born March 10, 1968) is a [[Turkish American]] [[entrepreneur]] and [[CEO]] of [[Comodo Group]], an [[Internet security]] company he founded in the United Kingdom in 1998 and relocated to the US in 2004. In November 2017, he sold 50% of the Company's share to [[Francisco Partners]], a private equity firm based on [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web
'''Melih Abdulhayoğlu''' (born March 10, 1968) is a [[Turkish American]] [[entrepreneur]] and [[CEO]] of MAVeCap, an incubator Venture Capital firm funded by his family office.<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> The firm is now branded as Sectigo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2018/11/02/comodo-ca-becomes-sectigo-and-expands-to-cover-iot/|title=Comodo CA becomes Sectigo and expands to cover IoT -|first=Ian|last=Murphy|date=November 2, 2018}}</ref>
}}</ref> MAVeCap focusses on building tomorrow's technology platform companies. His first company was [[Comodo Group]] The firm is now branded as Sectigo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2018/11/02/comodo-ca-becomes-sectigo-and-expands-to-cover-iot/|title=Comodo CA becomes Sectigo and expands to cover IoT -|first=Ian|last=Murphy|date=November 2, 2018}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 15:36, 4 July 2021

Melih Abdülhayoğlu
Born (1968-03-10) 10 March 1968 (age 56)
Hatay, Turkey[1]
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Bradford (UK)
BS Electronic Engineering, 1991
Occupation(s)Technologist, Entrepreneur
Known forFounder & CEO of Comodo Group
Websitemelih.com

Melih Abdulhayoğlu (born March 10, 1968) is a Turkish American entrepreneur and CEO of MAVeCap, an incubator Venture Capital firm funded by his family office.[2] MAVeCap focusses on building tomorrow's technology platform companies. His first company was Comodo Group The firm is now branded as Sectigo.[3]

Early life

Melih Abdulhayoğlu was born in Turkey, where he studied at Hatay high-school.[citation needed] At the age of 18, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from the University of Bradford in 1991.[4]

Career

Abdulhayoğlu is the founder of Comodo, an internet security company,[5] and established the industry standards organization CA/Browser Forum in 2005, initially to promote new standards that resulted in the creation of Extended Validation SSL Certificates.[6][7][8]

In 2009, Abdulhayoğlu organized the Common Computing Security Standards Forum, initially to deal with the problem of faux antivirus software being used by cyber-criminals.[9][10][11][12]

Abdulhayoğlu features in Forbes Turkey's 12th "100 Richest Turks" list, announced in March, 2017.[5][13] Forbes announced that he is estimated net worth of US$1.6 billion as of April 2018.[14]

References

  1. ^ TurkofAmerica Magazine, turkofamerica.com (December 5, 2010). "The Security of the Internet Is in the Hands of A Turk". Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Hendric, William. "About Private Equity Group MAVeCap". melih.com. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Murphy, Ian (November 2, 2018). "Comodo CA becomes Sectigo and expands to cover IoT -".
  4. ^ "Melih Abdulhayoglu". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  5. ^ a b "Melih Abdulhayoglu in Forbes Turkey's 12th "100 Richest Turks" List". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  6. ^ "Do You Need EV-SSL? [VIDEO]". www.esecurityplanet.com.
  7. ^ Larry Seltzer (2008-05-09). "Melih was the original force behind the CA/Browser Forum and EV-SSL". Eweek.com. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  8. ^ "Melih Abdulhayoglu co-founded the CAB Forum". Scribd.com. 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  9. ^ Dunn, John (July 16, 2009). "AV vendors fight 'scareware' with new whitelist". TechWorld. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  10. ^ "AV vendors fight 'scareware' with new whitelist - Techworld.com". News.techworld.com. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  11. ^ "Melih Abdulhayoğlu - CNN TÜRK Video". Video.cnnturk.com. 2012-10-16. Archived from the original on 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Forbes Turkey's 12th 100 Richest Turks". sabah.com. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  14. ^ "Forbes announcement about Melih". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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