Forbes Kazakhstan has published its annual rating of the 50 richest businessmen in Kazakhstan. Even though all participants of the ranking except for Vladimir Kim and Bulat Utemuratov reported an increase in wealth, their combined fortune dropped by $1.4 billion.
The total wealth of Kazakhstani businessmen decreased from $25.3 billion to $23.9 billion due to Forbes’s decision to count Mikhail Lomtadze as a Georgian businessman (Lomtadze possesses Georgian nationality), even though he’s made his $3.8 billion fortune in Kazakhstan.
The average age for Kazakhstani billionaires is 53. The youngest mogul is Timur Turlov, who is 35. The oldest is Yakov...