Cem Uzan is a Capricorn businessman and politician who is a member and son of Uzan Group, a family owned media empire that was the first 100% Turkish-owned telecommunications company. He is the co-founder of Star TV.

In 2002, he moved into politics, founding The Young Party. After a series of government seizures against his businesses and properties, he fled to France in 2009, claiming political asylum. He was sentenced in absentia to twenty-three years in prison on 15 April 2010.