Levent Çakıroğlu graduated from Ankara University - Faculty of Political Sciences, Business Administration Department and received his master’s degree from University of Illinois. He started his professional career at the Ministry of Finance in 1988. Between 1997-1998, he taught as part time instructor at Bilkent University and served as Vice President of Financial Crimes Investigation Board at the Ministry of Finance. Çakıroğlu joined Koç Group in 1998 as Koç Holding Financial Group Coordinator. He was the General Manager of Koçtaş between 2002-2007, CEO of Migros between 2007-2008, CEO of Arçelik between 2008-2015 and the President of the Durable Goods Group of Koç Holding A.Ş. between 2010-2015. Çakıroğlu was appointed as the Deputy CEO of Koç Holding in February 2015 and he took over the CEO position in April 2015. As of April 2016, Çakıroğlu is also a Board Member at Koç Holding. Çakıroğlu became a Board Member at Yapı Kredi and Koç Financial Services in April 2015. In February 2020, he was appointed as Vice Chairman of Yapı Kredi Board. Çakıroğlu is also a Board Member in various Koç Group Companies.