Gokhan Celiker is a product-focused entrepreneur and AI practitioner with 12+ years building and exiting consumer tech used by millions, currently leading Global Champions Inc. as CEO and founder from San Francisco. A self-taught developer since age 12, he blends hands-on engineering instincts with formal study in Design Thinking at Stanford and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Boğaziçi. He scaled and sold multiple startups—ranging from a top-voted Product Hunt social app to a CPI influencer marketplace that delivered 1.28B influencer reach—and led distributed teams of 20–40 across products and disciplines. As the youngest board member of an insurance firm, he also guided AI-driven credit insurance scoring and profitable corporate transitions. A prolific blogger attracting over 3 million pageviews a year, he pairs public thought leadership with practical product metrics and a knack for applying AI and blockchain to advertising and engagement problems.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Mechanical Engineering at Boğaziçi University
5.00 Maths Science, 5.00 Maths Science at Icel Anatolian High School
Computer Science, Computer Science at Self-taught
Design Thinking, Design Thinking at Stanford University
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Gokhan Celiker - CEO Founder at Global Champions Inc.