[2] In his teen years he was a skilled footballer who played in German junior league A-Junioren Bundesliga.
[2] He studied in Germany at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and later in the United States and Mexico.
[9][10] He is also well known on social media after appearing on YouTube[9] He is a visiting instructor on entrepreneurship in Canadian University of Dubai.
[11] His YouTube channel produces the show Startup Hero where selected viewers pitch their idea to Yalcin and other investors for funding.
[12][13] For the expansion of sellanycar.com to Europe, he has collected about 10 million euros in an investment round from Polar Light Ventures.