Wealth of Kazakh elite in spotlight

Family members and associates of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev are among Kazakhstan’s richest people


Nazarbayev, 81, stepped down in 2019 after running Kazakhstan for almost 30 years
 
Dinara Kulibayeva (below left), Nazarbayev’s second daughter, and her husband Timur Kulibayev (below right) are majority shareholders of Halyk Bank – Kazakhstan’s biggest lender by assets. Market value  of their stake stands at about $2.8 billion
    
Nazarbayev’s eldest daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva (above left) and her son Nurali Aliyev (right) own property portfolio in Britain estimated by The Times newspaper as worth $190 million, including Baker Street address of fictional character Sherlock Holmes
  
Kairat Boranbayev, father-in-law of Nazarbayev’s late grandson Aisultan, has interests in commercial real estate and owns McDonald’s franchise in Kazakhstan and Belarus
   
Bulat Utemuratov, Nazarbayev’s former aide, has stakes in global commodities giant Glencore
 

Source: Reuters 
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