Born in Denizli in 1964, İhsan Gökşin Durusoy graduated with a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Boğaziçi University in 1987. He started his career as a Production Engineer at Arçelik. Between 1988 and 1989, he worked as the Financial Affairs and IT Manager at İzmir Demir Çelik Inc. In 1989, Durusoy joined the Akkök Group, starting as the Budget Planning Chief at Ak-Al Textile Industry Inc.

Durusoy served as Budget Planning Manager and then as the Strategic Planning Director at the same company. He served as Deputy General Manager at Akiş REIT, which was founded in 2007 with the goal of undertaking unique and large-scale real estate projects, and as the General Manager and a Board Member since 2009. Mr. Durusoy was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Akkök Holding in January 2023. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Aktek Bilişim, Vice Chairman of Aksa Akrilik, Akkim, and Akiş REIT, and as a Board Member of various Akkök Group companies.