Ahmet Gülüm is a retired national team volleyball player, former Volleyball Federation President, FIVB Marketing Council member, CEV Marketing Commission President founder of Sportsnet Group and BİLGİSpor. During his 23 years of volleyball career, he was the Galatasaray Volleyball Team captain and wore the national team jersey for 158 times. After retiring from volleyball as an athlete, he pursued his passion in the business side of sports. In 1992, he led the group which brought the first international Beach Volleyball organization to Turkey. Later, he was elected as the president of Turkish Volleyball Federation. His experience and vision lead him to the foundation of sportsnet in 2001, which is Turkey’s first and only sports related advertising agency. Later on, he formed a partnership with number one sports agency in the world, Octagon. In 2010, he founded sportstv to promote variety of sports in Turkey. In 2015, he founded BİLGİSpor, an undergraduate sports business program, in collaboration with Bilgi University. He is an active lecturer in the program.