ABOUT
Octagonal Origin
Octagonal Origin was founded through reflective realizations and decades of cross-sector experience to focus on intuitive, innovative, and inventive integrations. We cultivate collaborations with private and public ventures, corporations, and impact platforms to create and add value across communities and industries — with an impact that matters.
Guided by our core philosophy — empowered to empower — we manifest momentum through strategic alliances, a dynamic value matrix, and a shared purpose.
VALUE MATRIX ALLIANCE
Philosophy
Individually and collectively, Octagonal Origin is inspired by cultivating collaborations with pioneering entrepreneurial, academic, cultural, and philanthropic peers and partners.
We evolve through shared vision and values — creating and adding value together through select initiatives and projects. OO lives through the multigenerational cultural evolution of family, affinity, and community, influenced locally, continentally, and globally in a transforming world.
40
Years of
Experience
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Metin Guvener
Metin Guvener’s evolutionary lifelong journey as an engineer, entrepreneur, and imagineer is driven by a fascination with origin, origins, originality, and the evolving interplay of cultures, sectors, and industries. This energy led to the creation of Octagonal Origin, a platform shaped by mutual intent and “molecular manifestations,” enabling the organic flow of originality, collectivity, connectivity, and continuity — all guided by the philosophy: I am because W’R, as he embraces growth mentor-to-mentor, peer-to-peer, in harmony with the rhythm and symphony of synchronicity.
With experience as a founder, co-founder, and investor, Metin has built boutique ventures across financial services, real estate, private equity, hospitality, asset management, and thought leadership enjoyed and appreciates the collaboration with leading Property Development & Asset Managers , Real Estate Agents, Boutique Hotel Operators, Architects Designers, Fintech Fro tiers, He shares this spirit through speaking engagements and collaborations with leading forums, including ;
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Impact 17 + 1 Club
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UK Youth Charity Comities
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The Lord Mayor of London’s International Tours,
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The FT Wealth Summit
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KPMG Family Office Network
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Horasis Global Community
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Prestel & Partner FO Conferences
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DC Finance FO Conferences
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Camden Wealth FO Next Generation
Mr. Guvener holds a degree in Electronics and Systems Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has also completed the :
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Oxford Impact Investing & Real Estate programs at Saïd Business School
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Leading the Family Office and Building Digital Ecosystems programs at IMD Business School.
With the launch of Octagonal Origin’s energy, he has also undertaken an online Master’s degree program in
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Digital Currency and Blockchain Technologies online certification programme at the University of Nicosia.
PROJECTS
The SALON
Derived from the great historical importance as the theatres of conversation and exchange. The modern-day Salon reignites the best elements from the ‘age of conversation’ blending it with a mixture of academic, entrepreneurial, cultural and philanthropic topics courting ‘business and purpose’ together through a series of high-level events focused on Thought Leadership, Innovation & Impact.
www.thesalon.today
Impact 17+1 Club
Impact 17+1 Club is an initiative of Octagonal Origin created by The Salon, born from the motivation that each one of us in line with the SDG’s is responsible and accountable to create a better tomorrow by taking compassionate and constructive actions today.
iTALK
iTalk is an Impact 17+1 initiative.
Inviting Impact Leaders to share impactful vision, stories and action
www.impact17plus1.org
TEXTURE
Texture is a collaborative initiative of texturing the sense of the essences of our five senses in our evolutionary journeys and understanding the influence and impact on our body, mind, and soul.
