Tolga Akış was born in 1984 in Bursa. He came to Istanbul for university and started working at a young age while simultaneously completing his degree in Business Administration at Istanbul University. In 2005, he worked with the Pozitif team at the Rock and Coke Festival and later in the TV production of the 'Çırak' competition. He then shifted his career from the field to the agency side, joining Rafineri in the strategic planning department. Here, he worked for 3 years on the advertising strategies of both global and Turkish leading brands, with many of the campaigns he was involved in receiving numerous awards. Following this, he combined his experiences in organization, production, and advertising at the Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi. He established the marketing and management units. During this time, he became part of the establishment and development process of BKM Mutfak and, after spending 3 years at BKM, he founded his first agency, Jeton, at the age of 28. Jeton managed the creative communication activities of films, series, music projects, artists, and TV channels, while also providing digital communication services to corporate brands. Six years after its establishment, Jeton became part of Publicis Groupe Turkey. In 2017, he founded Hypers, Turkey's first new media company. Hypers expanded into communication services, talent management, production, content marketing, music production, and education in the field of new media. Hypers is currently the company that provides the widest range of services to brands and end-users in Turkey. Tolga Akış continues to serve as the Creative Director at Hypers while also investing individually in various sectors such as food and beverage, and IT.