Yildirim M. Sivar
Yildirim “Alex” Sivar (b. 1954)
Turkish American social entrepreneur and businessman in Jacksonville, Florida, noted for community engagement and consulting.
- Professional: CEO of HOTEL RESOURCES LLC; leadership roles at Global Business Educational Consultants Group Inc. and Sivar Hospitality Consultants Inc.
- Education: B.A. in English, University of Istanbul (1975, Dept. of Defense Scholarship); MBA, NYU (1979); former Student Union President; featured in Who’s Who among students in American Universities and Colleges (1979).
- Community: Appointed to Jacksonville’s Public Service Grant Council; Shalom Hartman Institute Muslim Leadership Initiative fellow; former senior adviser to Turkey’s Minister of Tourism and Culture; past outreach director, Atlantic Institute of Jacksonville. Current chair of Interfaith Jax.
- Notable: Lived through the 2016 attempted coup in Turkey; married to Firsty Santi Sivar (Indonesia); five children from previous marriages.