Filiz Gassmann

Filiz Gassmann held an apprenticeship in business administration for a company which specialized in business export and import for three years. She began her professional career soon after as a General Manager for an international company selling home textiles, traveling extensively throughout Europe for three years.

She obtained a degree in business administration and moved to the U.S. with her husband, Hartmut Gassmann, working directly with the President of the supplier for BMN She obtained her real estate license and worked as a housing developer before beginning HYLA USA with her husband in 1996.