Background
Vladimir Kim was born in 1960.
Vladimir Kim was born in 1960.
He graduated from Alma-Ata Architectural Institute in 1982, it was transformed into Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering (KAZGASA) in 1992. He holds an Master of Business Administration degree and received his Doctor of Philosophy in business and administrative management in United States of America in 1998.
He is of Korean ethnicity: his family, among other Koreans and among many other ethnic minorities within the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, had been forcibly relocated to Kazakhstan, during the Stalinist era. In 1995, Mr Kim was appointed managing director and chief executive officer of Zhezkazgantsvetmet Joint-stock company, Kazakhmys’ core subsidiary at the time. He was elected chairman of the board of directors of Zhezkazgantsvetmet in 2000, and Chairman of Kazakhmys Public Limited Company upon its listing on the London Stock Exchange in October 2005.
Vladimir Kim stepped down as Chairman of Kazakhmys Public Limited Company in May 2013 to become a non-executive director
Following the completion of the Group restructuring in 2014, Mr Kim remained a Non-executive Director and a major shareholder in KAZ Minerals Public Limited Company.
KAZ Minerals Public Limited Company is a mining company quoted on the London Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Kazakhstan Stock Exchange. He holds approximately 33% of KAZ Minerals.
According to Forbes magazine, as of March 2011, he is the richest person in Kazakhstan, and the 223rd richest in the world, with an estimated wealth of United States$4.7 billion. He resides in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
