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Yerkin Tatishev (born January 22, 1976) is a Kazakhstani businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the diversified industrial holding company Kusto Group, and is one of the richest businessmen in Kazakhstan with a fortune of $335 million.[1][2][3] He was ranked 15th on the 50 Most Influential Businessmen of Kazakhstan 2022 list.[4]

Yerkin Tatishev
Еркин Татишев
Born (1976-01-22) January 22, 1976 (age 48)
Kentau, South Kazakhstan region
Alma materMoscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics
Occupationbusinessman
SpouseAssel Tatisheva
Children5
Parents
  • Nureldaem Tatishev (father)
  • Ultai Shomasheva (mother)

He is a shareholder of the Radisson Collection hotel (Tsinandali, Georgia),[5] and majority shareholder of Kostanay Minerals and KazPetrolGroup oil company.

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Yerkin Tatishev was born in the city of Kentau of South Kazakhstan region on January 1, 1976, in a large family raised by a doctor and a teacher.[6] His brother Yerzhan Tatishev was a Kazakhstani banker, the chairman and CEO of TuranAlem Bank later renamed as BTA Bank JSC. In 2004, at the age of 37, Yerzhan was murdered.[7]

Yerkin Tatishev graduated from the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics with a degree in Finance and Credit and the M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University with a degree in law.[8] In 2002, he founded Kusto Group, an industrial and investment holding.[9][10] From 1998 to 2004, he served as Chairman of Kostanay Minerals JSC and Orenburg Minerals JSC.[11]

From 2004 to 2009, he held executive positions in the banking sectors of Kazakhstan and Turkey (Bank TuranAlem[12][13] and Sekerbank T.A.S [14] respectively). In 2017, Tatishev launched High Tech Academy, the first innovative school in Kazakhstan.[15][16]

In May 2023, Yerkin Tatishev headed the Board of Trustees of AlmaU University.[17] He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Yerzhan Tatishev Foundation.[18] Since 2007 educational grants and scholarships received 264 children. Yerkin Tatishev is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the “Miloserdie” Foundation[19] and one of the initiators of the creation of the “Kantar” Legal Support Center.[20]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tatishev's Kusto Group allocated 1 billion tenge to support the population.[21] In 2021, he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 international competition.[22]

Co-founder and head of public association "Kazakhstan federation of kendo and Iaido"; 5th Dan Kendo holder.[23]

Married, has 5 children.

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References edit

  1. ^ "Еркин Татишев выходит на рынок фастфуда" (in Russian). informburo.kz. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  2. ^ "Еркин Татишев". forbes.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  3. ^ "Kusto group". kustogroup. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  4. ^ "50 самых влиятельных бизнесменов Казахстана – 2022". forbes.kz (in Russian). 2022-10-18.
  5. ^ "Заграница нам поможет: какие активы имеют за рубежом богатейшие казахстанские бизнесмены". forbes.kz (in Russian). 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  6. ^ "Биография Еркина Татишева" (in Russian). uznayvse.ru. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  7. ^ "Chairman Vanishes From Double-Defaulting Kazakh Bank". bloomberg.com. 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  8. ^ "GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FORUM: Crisis management lessons. Business after pandemic: Kazakhstan reality by Yerkin Tatishev". www.kimep.kz. 2023-04-22.
  9. ^ "Команда Кусто". forbes.kz (in Russian). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  10. ^ "Yerkin Tatishev Kusto Group". medium.com. 2019-06-21.
  11. ^ "Yerkin Tatishev" (PDF). www.ceeman.org. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  12. ^ "Ерлан Татишев вышел из совета директоров "БТА Банка"" (in Russian). vesti.kz. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  13. ^ "В канун своего 15-летия банк "БТА-Казань" обрел новый головной офис" (in Russian). tatar-inform.ru. 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  14. ^ "Открытие Турции" (in Russian). expert.ru. 2006-07-10. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  15. ^ "Зачем Еркин Татишев (Kusto Group) создаёт в Казахстане школу лидеров и новаторов" (in Russian). samara.kp.ru. 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  16. ^ "Еркин Татишев: Образование - это не "корочка", а умение строить свою жизнь". forbes.kz (in Russian). 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  17. ^ "Board of Trustees of AlmaU University".
  18. ^ "Board of Trustees of the Yerzhan Tatishev Foundation".
  19. ^ "Board of Trustees of the "Miloserdie" Foundation".
  20. ^ "В Казахстане создан Центр правовой поддержки «Қаңтар»".
  21. ^ "Jack Dorsey, Yerkin Tatishev, George Soros: Eight businessmen fighting the global coronavirus pandemic". londonlovesbusiness.com. 2023-04-20.
  22. ^ "Yerkin Tatishev was awarded 'Entrepreneur of the Year' by EY/". ceoworld.biz. 2022-03-13.
  23. ^ "Yerkin Tatishev - 5th Dan Kendo holder".
  24. ^ "Yerkin Tatishev" (PDF). www.ceeman.org. Retrieved 2023-01-24.



 

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