Attila Doğudan

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]

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]

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][5][9][10]}

The Turkish Airlines, catered by Do & Co received the Best Business Class Food and Beverage Award among European Airlines in 2015.^[11]

Doğudan and his family moved to Barcelona when his children were young.^[12] He is married and has two sons: Attila Mark and Marius,^[13] who are both involved in his business.^[4] He was close friends with Niki Lauda.^[14]

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