Bedriye Hülya is the founder of B-Fit; Turkey’s first chain of women-only gyms.

Only franchising women, today B-Fit has reached more than 350.000 women with 200 branches in 51 cities of Turkey. After graduation from Izmir American High School, she completed her undergraduate and graduate education in Business and received her master’s degree in Psychology.

She is an Endeavor Entrepreneur and Ashoka fellow. She was chosen the Social Entrepreneur by Schwab Foundation in 2013. She works actively for women’s NGO’s, mentors people who want to start their own businesses, teaches at universities and speaks at conferences.