The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Kazakhstan
This page contains a list of the greatest Kazakhstani Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 3 of which were born in Kazakhstan. This makes Kazakhstan the birth place of the 39th most number of Businesspeople behind Finland, and South Africa.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kazakhstani Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Kazakhstani Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Arkady Volozh (b. 1964)
With an HPI of 53.51, Arkady Volozh is the most famous Kazakhstani Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Arkady Yuryevich Volozh (Russian: Аркадий Юрьевич Волож; born 11 February 1964) is a Russian businessman, technology entrepreneur, computer scientist, investor and philanthropist. He pioneered the development of search and navigation technology as well as intelligent products and services powered by machine learning. Volozh co-founded several IT enterprises, including CompTek, Arkadia, InfiNet and Yandex. In June 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU imposed sanctions against Volozh and he resigned from all his positions at Yandex. The reasons cited by the EU for sanctioning Volozh were him being a 'leading businessperson involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation', 'Russian State-owned banks such as Sberbank and VTB are shareholders and investors in Yandex' and the Russian Federation having a veto over the 'sale of material IP and the sale or transfer of Russian users’ personal data to foreign companies', and the search engine was accused of promoting propaganda. These reasons were called 'poor and dubious' by Anders Åslund and Gerhard Mangott commented that 'It is hard to understand what Volozh is being accused of. Yandex argued that it had no choice but to follow Russia’s strict censorship laws, and the company sold its news service soon after the invasion. In contrast to the EU, the US and the UK never sanctioned Volozh. In March 2024, Volozh was removed from the EU sanctions list. In July 2024, the holding company that he leads, Nebius Group, sold all of its interest in Yandex for a fraction of its original value and severed all of its ties with Russia. Following the Russian annexation of the Crimea in 2014, Volozh moved to Tel Aviv with his family. As of January 2025, he has a net worth of $1.5 billion, according to Forbes.
2. Aliya Nazarbayeva (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 42.96, Aliya Nazarbayeva is the 2nd most famous Kazakhstani Businessperson. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Aliya Nursultanqyzy Nazarbaeva (Kazakh: Älia Nūrsūltanqyzy Nazarbaeva; born 3 February 1980) is a businesswoman who is the youngest daughter of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the first President of Kazakhstan.
3. Rauan Kenzhekhanuly (b. 1979)
With an HPI of 37.91, Rauan Kenzhekhanuly is the 3rd most famous Kazakhstani Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Rauan Kenzhekhanuly (Kazakh: Рауан Кенжеханұлы, pronounced [ɾɑwˈɑn kenʑeχɑnʊˈlə]; born 1 May 1979) is a Kazakh entrepreneur and NGO activist who was named the first Wikipedian of the Year in August 2011 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at Wikimania.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Kazakhstani businesspeople born between 1964 and 1980. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kazakhstani businesspeople include Arkady Volozh, Aliya Nazarbayeva, and Rauan Kenzhekhanuly. As of April 2024, 2 new Kazakhstani businesspeople have been added to Pantheon including Aliya Nazarbayeva, and Rauan Kenzhekhanuly.
Living Kazakhstani Businesspeople
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Arkady Volozh
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Aliya Nazarbayeva
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rauan Kenzhekhanuly
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.91
