Six Kazakhstanis entered the Forbes 2023 global rating: Vladimir Kim, Timur and Dinara Kulibaev, Vyacheslav Kim, Timur Turlov and Bulat Utemuratov, Forbes.kz reports.
The fortune of the richest Kazakhstani Vladimir Kim (on the photo), according to Forbes, has decreased over the year from $5 billion to $4.6 billion. His name in the global ranking of the richest has fallen from 569 to 591 was in 622nd place with $3.7 billion). Kim's profile states that he "owns a stake in KAZMinerals and a majority stake in Kazakhmys Corp., which has inherited most of the group's mature mining (mainly copper) assets." On Kazakhstan's 2023 list of the richest businessmen, Vladimir Kim has consistently ranked first since 2017, when he replaced previous leader Bulat Utemuratov.
This time, Bulat Utemuratov is in the 1104th place in the Forbes-2023 list and closes the Kazakh “team” in the global ranking. He has $ 2.7 billion, over the year his estimated fortune has decreased by $ 100 million. In the profile of the owner of ForteBank on the American website, the Burger King franchise, holdings in the hotel sector, the airport (Sary-Arka in Karaganda) and mobile communications companies (share in Beeline Kazakhstan).
Timur Kulibayev and his wife Dinara Kulibayeva are habitually on the second and third positions among Kazakhstanis in the global ranking ($4.3 billion each, occupying 636th place). The growth of the state of each of them for the year, according to Forbes, amounted to half a billion dollars, the married couple climbed 144 lines in the global list. The profile description specifically mentions that Timur Kulibayev uses offshore companies in his activities.
Fintech billionaire Vyacheslav Kim is ranked 787th in the global ranking. His fortune was estimated at $3.6 billion. This is 1.8 times more than a year earlier: in 2022, the shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of Kaspi.kz had an estimated fortune of $2 billion and was ranked 975th in the world ranking. The head and co-founder of Kaspi.kz is also Mikhail Lomtadze. Lomtadze himself is not among the Kazakhs in the global list of billionaires - he is a citizen of Georgia. Forbes estimated Lomtadze's fortune at $3.7 billion, he ranks 766th in the world ranking.
Another fintech tycoon Timur Turlov ($3.1 billion, 949th place) moved to the Kazakh segment with a change of citizenship and is confidently gaining points. In 2021, the founder of Freedom Holding, according to Forbes analysts, had $ 2.1 billion, in 2022 - $ 2.4 billion, in 2023 - $ 3.1 billion.
News about Timur Turlov recently begins with the words “Turlov bought…”: Ticketon (ticketing service), PayBox (payment system aggregator), Maxim Group LLC (American bank), LD Micro (conference organization platform), etc. d. Over the past few months, Turlov created a youth football league and headed the Kazakhstan Chess Federation.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
April 6, 2023