Baybars Altuntaş (born October 27, 1969) is a Turkish entrepreneur, angel investor, speaker and author based in Istanbul.

[1] He founded Deulcom International,[2] a vocational training school in Turkey in 1992 and currently serves as the president of the executive committee of the company.

[3] He is currently a jury member on the new Turkish entrepreneurship program[4] and is the current host of the Turkish version of The Weakest Link, En Zayıf Halka[5] In 2011, he wrote Off the Bus, Into a BMW (Otobüsten İndim BMW'ye Bindim), the story of his life and his rise to success in the business world.

As a university student, he worked part-time at a travel agency that organized tours for children, and on the weekends he gave private lessons in math, German and English.

He is the Vice President of EBAN (The European Trade Association for Early Stage Market Players and Business Angels) in Brussels.

[8] He is the Founder and Executive Committee Chairman of Links Angel BAN partners, the largest consulting chain in Turkey for entrepreneurs and companies at all stages, from start-up to growth and maturity.

He is the President of the Business Angels Association of Turkey (TBAA), whose aim is to ease the way for entrepreneurs planning start-ups to access both domestic and international financial sources.

[24] and chairman of the EBAN Institute, Belgium[11] Baybars Altuntaş is a regular jury member for the European Business Awards.