Tuğrul Fadıllıoğlu graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Boğaziçi University at 1982. After working as the Product Development Engineer, Production Engineer, Chief of Moulding House, Technical Manager of the Washing Machine Plant, Quality Assurance Manager of the Washing Machine Plant, Manager of the Vacuum Cleaner Plant in İzmir, Assistant General Manager of Small Appliances, and the Founding Director of the Vacuum Cleaner and Motor Plant in Çerkezköy from 1982 to 2002, he served as the Assistant General Manager of Operations and Technology at Tanı Pazarlama Hizmetleri A.Ş. from 2002 to 2004, and then as the General Manager at the same company from 2004 to 2009. Having been assigned to Zer A.Ş. as the General Manager in 2009, Fadıllıoğlu served in this position until his retirement in 2014. During this period, he also worked as a Member of the Board at Tanı Pazarlama Hizmetleri A.Ş.