Hilal Paksoy

Building Markets

Building Markets unleashes the transformational power of small businesses to address pressing social challenges by driving job creation and inclusive growth. Founded in 2004, the organization finds, builds, and connects competitive local SMEs to supply chains and investment. Utilizing this model, Building Markets has supported more than 27,000 SMEs, assisted those businesses in winning $1.4 billion in business transactions, and has helped create over 74,000 jobs across diverse markets like Colombia, Türkiye, Jordan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Liberia, and Haiti.