Baybars Altuntas (born October 27, 1969) is a Turkish entrepreneur, angel investor, speaker and author based in Istanbul.
He founded Deulcom International, a vocational training school in Turkey in 1992 and currently serves as the president of the executive committee of the company.
He has been a Dragon on Dragons' Den in Turkey,.
He is currently a jury member on the new Turkish entrepreneurship program Do You Have a Business Idea?, and is the current host of the Turkish version of The Weakest Link, En Zayif HalkaIn 2011, he wrote Off the Bus, Into a BMW (Otobüsten Indim BMW'ye Bindim), the story of his life and his rise to success in the business world.
The book has been reprinted 24 times in Turkey.
It was translated into Albanian in 2012 and translated into English in 2014.
He was recognized by EBAN - The European Trade Association of Business Angels as the 2013’s Best Individual in Europe Globally Engaging with Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.