Dinara Kulibaeva
Kazakh billionaire
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Dinara Nursultanqyzy Kulibayeva (née Nazarbayeva; Kazakh: Динара Нұрсұлтанқызы Құлыбаева, romanized: Dinara Nūrsūltanqyzy Qūlybaeva; born 19 August 1968)[1] is a Kazakh billionaire, businesswoman, and the middle daughter of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. She is married to Timur Kulibayev, a Kazakh oligarch.[2]
Dinara Kulibaeva | |
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Динара Құлыбаева | |
| Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kazakh-British Technical University | |
| Assumed office 2004 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Prime Minister | |
| Member of the Board of Directors of Kazakh Ablai Khan University | |
| Assumed office since 2001 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Prime Minister | |
| Director of Nursultan Nazarbayev Education Fund (NNEF) | |
| Assumed office 1998 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Prime Minister | |
| Head of Bobek Foundation | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Prime Minister | Akejan Kajegeldin Nurlan Balgimbayev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dinara Nursultanovna Nazarbayeva August 19, 1968 Temirtau, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Education | Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (1989) KIMEP (1998) University of Canterbury |
| Occupation | Economist |
She is the second richest person in Kazakhstan, with a fortune estimated to be around $3.8 billion.[3] During the 2022 Kazakh protests, she lost $200 million in fortune according to Forbes.[4]
Biography
Nazarbayeva was born in Temirtau, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union.[1] She comes from the Shaprashta clan of the Senior Zhuz.
She graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts in 1989 and received an MBA from KIMEP University in 1998. In 2007, she defended her doctoral dissertation on "Methodological foundations of the management of the educational system of international schools."
In 2009, she heads the National Education Fund named after Nursultan Nazarbayev.[5]
Personal life
She married Timur Kulibayev[2] in 1990 and the couple have four children.[6] Her husband is a prominent businessman in Kazakhstan, being the third-richest man in Kazakhstan and the 973rd-richest in the world.[7]
Awards and honors
Order of the Leopard, 3rd class (Kazakhstan)
Order of Parasat (Kazakhstan)[8]
Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (France)- Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2017)
