{{Short description|Kazakh oligarch (born 1966)}} {{Fnh|Asqarūly|Qūlybayev|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Timur Kulibayev | native_name = Тимур Құлыбаев | native_name_lang = kk | image = Timur Kulibayev (2017-04-28).jpg | caption = Kulibayev in 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | alma_mater = Moscow State University | children = 3 | spouse = {{marriage|Dinara Nazarbayeva|1990}} }}
'''Timur Askaruly Kulibayev''' ({{langx|kk|Тимур Асқарұлы Құлыбаев}}, {{lang|kk-latn|Timur Asqarūly Qūlybayev}}, {{IPA|kk|tɘjˈmur ɑsˌqɑrʊˈɫɤ qʊɫɤˈbɑjɪf|}}; born 10 September 1966) is a Kazakh businessman. He is the son-in-law of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev. He is known as Kazakhstan's "Oil Prince" due to his connections to Kazakh political elites and Kazakh state-owned energy companies.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-22 |title=Uncovering Timur Kulibayev's European property empire |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/caspian-cabals/kulibayev-nazarbayev-european-properties/ |website=ICIJ |language=en-US}}</ref>
Kulibayev held several high-level government positions during his father-in-law's rule of Kazakhstan,<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-10 |title=Kazakh billionaire reportedly in talks on making $1B payout to state - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/caspian-cabals/kazakh-billionaire-reportedly-in-talks-on-making-1b-payout-to-state/ |website=ICIJ |language=en-US}}</ref> including in Kazakh state-owned enterprises that manage Kazakhstan's natural resources and have immense influence over the country's hydrocarbon industry.<ref name="oil">[http://oilandglory.com/2007_08_01_archive.html "The Kazakhs Want Control"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123213747/http://oilandglory.com/2007_08_01_archive.html |date=2008-01-23 }}, oilandglory.com; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref><ref name="oil2">[http://labels/Aliyev.html "A Window Into a First Family's Oil Holdings"]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, oilandglory.com; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref><ref name="CNNM">[https://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200809041004DOWJONESDJONLINE000634_FORTUNE5.htm Kashagan First Oil Now Seen In 2014]{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} CNN Money</ref> He is the former head of Samruk-Kazyna (Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund).<ref name="telegraph" /> He was on the Board of Directors of the Gazprom, Russia's largest energy company from 2011 to 2022.<ref name="sri2">{{cite web|url=http://www.samruk-kazyna.kz/page.php?page_id=2749&lang=3&parent_id=2731/2011/09/21|title=Samruk-Kazyna official website, Management Board Information|publisher=Samruk-kazyna.kz|accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Kazenergy |url=https://www.kazenergy.com/ru/press-center/news/2710/?sphrase_id=11352 |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=www.kazenergy.com}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Глава Минсельхоза Патрушев вошел в совет директоров "Газпрома" |url=https://news.ru/economics/ministr-selskogo-hozyajstva-patrushev-voshel-v-sovet-direktorov-gazproma/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=NEWS.ru |language=ru}}</ref> In 2020, the Financial Times reported that Kulibayev was involved in schemes to skim at least tens of millions of dollars from contracts that the Kazakhstani state made on pipeline construction.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Burgis |first=Tom |date=2 December 2020 |title=The secret scheme to skim millions off central Asia's pipeline megaproject |url=https://www.ft.com/content/80f25f82-5f21-4a56-b2bb-7a48e61dd9c6 |access-date=2020-12-03 |website=www.ft.com}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{cite news |last=Burgis |first=Tom |date=2 December 2020 |title=The document trail that pointed to a secret pipeline scheme |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2694cddf-33c0-40cc-bea6-23a20253df7d |access-date=2021-05-15 |website=www.ft.com}}</ref>
Kuliabayev and his wife's wealth have been estimated at more than $10 billion.<ref name=":15" /> Kulibayev has been called "the most important business figure" in the Republic of Kazakhstan by ''The Daily Telegraph''.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|last1=Orange|first1=Richard|title=Timur Kulibayev to head $80bn Kazakh Sovereign wealth fund|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8446134/Timur-Kulibayev-to-head-80bn-Kazakh-Sovereign-wealth-fund.html|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=12 April 2011}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Kulibayev was born on 10 September 1966 in Alma-Ata (now Almaty), Kazakh SSR, USSR. His father was a Communist Party boss in the Soviet Union.<ref name=":14" />
In 1988, he graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University after studying "National Economy Planning".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Досье: Тимур Аскарович Кулибаев|url=https://inbusiness.kz/ru/appointment/dose-timur-askarovich-kulibaev|access-date=2022-01-10|website=inbusiness.kz|language=ru}}</ref>
He defended his PhD thesis on the topic "Improving the Organizational and Economic Mechanism of Enterprise Management in Market Conditions (Using the Example of the Oil Industry)" in 1999.<ref name=":12"/>
==Business career== From 1988 to 1992, he was a junior research assistant at the Scientific-Research Economics Institute of Planning and Normative Standards (SREIP&NS) under the State Plan of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, and was a director of the Scientific-Consulting Center of the Fund of Cultural, Social, Scientific and Technological Development of Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kegoc.kz/en/corporate/board/kulibaev|title=Timur A. Kulibayev|publisher=Kegoc.kz|accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samruk-kazyna.kz/page.php?page_id=2749&lang=3&parent_id=2731|title=Самрук-Қазына|publisher=Samruk-kazyna.kz|accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="forbes2010">{{cite news|title=The World's Billionaires #880: Timur Kulibaev|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Timur-Kulibaev_9QF5.html|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=Forbes|date=3 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="railways1">{{cite web|url=http://www.railways.kz/en/node/1043|title=Timur Kulibayev | АО "Казахстан Темiр Жолы"|publisher=Railways.kz|accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kmg.kz/en/corporate_management/leadership/directors|title=The Board of Directors Authority Corporate Governance Home NC KazMunayGas JSC|publisher=Kmg.kz|accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Кулибаев Тимур Аскарович (персональная справка)|url=https://online.zakon.kz/Document/?doc_id=30120587|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Информационная система ПАРАГРАФ}}</ref>
From 1992 to 1995, he headed the Altyn-Alma concern (it was transformed into the Almex holding).<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Кулибаев Тимур Аскарович (персональная справка) |url=https://online.zakon.kz/Document/?doc_id=30120587 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Информационная система ПАРАГРАФ |language=ru}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2013-09-09 |title=Тимур Кулибаев возглавил Нацпалату предпринимателей |url=https://kapital.kz/naznacheniya/20611/timur-kulibayev-vozglavil-natspalatu-predprinimateley.html |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Деловой портал Капитал.кз |language=ru}}</ref>
In 1995, he founded the Almaty Trade and Financial Bank together with his partners. He took the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board and joined the Credit Committee.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Тимур Кулибаев: Биография, образование, семья {{!}} Lenta.ru |url=https://lenta.ru/lib/14215753/#2 |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929123432/https://lenta.ru/lib/14215753/#2 |archive-date=2023-09-29 }}</ref>
From 1997 to 1999, he was Vice President for Economics and Finance at Kazakhoil.<ref name=":6" /> In 1999, he became the head of the National Oil Transportation Company KazTransOil CJSC (a state-owned company for the management of the main oil pipelines). From 2001 to 2002, he headed CJSC National Oil and Gas Transport Company (formed on the basis of KazTransOil and KazTransGas).<ref name=":4" /> From 2002 to 2005, he held the position of First Vice President of JSC National Company KazMunayGas (which united Kazakhoil and the Oil and Gas Transport Company. From 2006 to 2007 he was a member of the company's Board of Directors, and from 2009 to 2012 he was Chairman of the Board. Timur Kulibayev participated in the deal to buy out 8.33% of the North Caspian project from British Gas, which ensured the participation of KazMunayGas in the development of the Kashagan field. Timur Kulibayev's activities in the company have led to an increase in recoverable oil reserves, the expansion and diversification of transport routes for hydrocarbons, and an increase in oil refining capacity.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Кулибаев Тимур Аскарович: биография и карьера |url=https://lenta.ru/tags/persons/kulibaev-timur/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517104340/https://lenta.ru/tags/persons/kulibaev-timur/ |archive-date=2024-05-17 }}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title="КазМунайГаз" завершил сделку по приобретению доли "Бритиш Газ" в Северо-Каспийском проекте — Новости о нефти и газе в России и мире - Нефть и капитал |url=https://oilcapital.ru/news/2005-05-04/kazmunaygaz-zavershil-sdelku-po-priobreteniyu-doli-british-gaz-v-severo-kaspiyskom-proekte-984790 |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517104357/https://oilcapital.ru/news/2005-05-04/kazmunaygaz-zavershil-sdelku-po-priobreteniyu-doli-british-gaz-v-severo-kaspiyskom-proekte-984790 |archive-date=2024-05-17 }}</ref>
From 2005 to 2013, he was a freelance advisor to his father-in-law, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan.<ref name=":4" />
From 2006 to 2007, he was Deputy Chairman of the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna JSC. In 2008, he became the Chairman of the Board. He also held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors in subsidiaries of the holding: Kazatomprom (2008-2012), Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (2009-2011), Samruk-Energo (2009-2011). On 26 December 2011, Kulibayev resigned from the post of chairman of the Board of Samruk-Kazyna. On 26 December 2011, Kulibayev resigned from the post of chairman of the Board of Samruk-Kazyna.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-01 |title=ФНБ "Самрук-Казына" возглавил Тимур Кулибаев - новости Казахстана {{!}} Tengrinews |url=https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/fnb-samruk-kazyina-vozglavil-timur-kulibaev-184206/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075809/https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/fnb-samruk-kazyina-vozglavil-timur-kulibaev-184206/ |archive-date=2018-02-01}}</ref> From 2006 to 2007, he was a member of the Board of Directors of KEGOC, and from 2008 to 2011, he headed the Board.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> On 26 December 2011, Kulibayev resigned from the post of chairman of the Board of Samruk-Kazyna.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Увольнение Кулибаева из фонда|url=https://regnum.ru/news/1483848.html|access-date=2022-01-10|website=ИА REGNUM|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Еще трех человек из Казахстана включили в список потенциальных мишеней программы Pegasus|url=https://rus.azattyq.org/a/31390165.html|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Радио Азаттык|date=6 August 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>
Kulibayev joined the board of Gazprom in 2011.<ref name=":02"/><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Burgis |first=Tom |date=2 December 2020 |title=The document trail that pointed to a secret pipeline scheme |website=www.ft.com |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2694cddf-33c0-40cc-bea6-23a20253df7d |access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref> In March 2022, he resigned from Gazprom's board with immediate effect.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Since June 2008, he has been Chairman of the Kazakhstan National Committee of the World Petroleum Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Кулибаев, Тимур Председатель президиума Национальной экономической палаты Казахстана "Союз 'Атамекен'", председатель ассоциации KazEnergy|url=https://lenta.ru/lib/14215753/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=lenta.ru}}</ref>
In 2020, the Financial Times reported on emails and whistleblower information which showed that staff for Kulibayev was involved in schemes that would allow Kulibayev to skim at least tens of millions of dollars from contracts that the Kazakhstani state made on pipeline construction.<ref name=":02"/><ref name=":1" /> Kulibayev has denied the allegations.<ref name=":02"/><ref name=":1" />
Due to the 2022 Kazakh unrest, Kulibayev and his wife Dinara lost $200{{nbsp}}million after Halyk Bank fell 16% at the London Stock Exchange.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawkins |first=David |title=Kazakhstan's Tycoons–Including Members Of Nazarbayev Family–Shed Billions As Stocks Plunge |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddawkins/2022/01/07/kazakhstans-tycoonsincluding-members-of-nazarbayev-familyshed-billions-as-stocks-plunge/ |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
Kulibayev was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Russian largest energy company shows the particular importance of economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, as well as a recognition of high professional qualities of the Chief Executive of Samruk-Kazyna Fund.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 April 2011 |title=Timur Kulibayev to head Samruk Kazyna |url=http://en.tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/825 |accessdate=23 February 2015 |publisher=En.tengrinews.kz}}</ref><ref name="telegraph" />
== Public Activities == From 2005 to 2023, he headed the Kazakh Association of Organizations of the Oil and Gas and Energy Complex Kazenergy, a structure that deals with establishing relations between private investors and government agencies and unites national and foreign companies operating in the energy sector of Kazakhstan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-07 |title=Очередь у трона не занимать – Огонек № 31 (5189) от 08.08.2011 |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1689511 |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207085517/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1689511 |archive-date=2017-12-07 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-01 |title=Кулибаев Тимур Аскарович |url=https://www.kursiv.kz/persons/Kulibaev-Timur-Askarovich/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075513/https://www.kursiv.kz/persons/Kulibaev-Timur-Askarovich/ |archive-date=2018-02-01 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-26 |title=Тимур Кулибаев покинул пост председателя Kazenergy — Forbes Kazakhstan |url=https://forbes.kz/actual/appointments/timur_kulibaev_pokinul_post_predsedatelya_kazenergy/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226133857/https://forbes.kz/actual/appointments/timur_kulibaev_pokinul_post_predsedatelya_kazenergy/ |archive-date=2024-02-26 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-19 |title=Тимур Кулибаев покинул пост KazEnergy |url=https://kaztag.kz/ru/news/timur-kulibaev-pokinul-post-kazenergy |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219092303/https://kaztag.kz/ru/news/timur-kulibaev-pokinul-post-kazenergy |archive-date=2023-12-19 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-01 |title=Тимур Кулибаев покинул пост председателя Ассоциации «KAZENERGY» — новости на сайте Ак Жайык |url=https://azh.kz/ru/news/view/96487 |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101112421/https://azh.kz/ru/news/view/96487 |archive-date=2024-01-01 }}</ref> ''' '''
From 2009 to 2024, he headed the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation. During this period, the Kazakh boxing team won one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals at the 2012 Olympic Games and one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals at the 2016 Olympics.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Кулибаев Тимур Аскарович - фото, цитаты, биография |url=https://neftegaz.ru/persons/333252-kulibaev-timur/?clear_cache=Y |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517071602/https://neftegaz.ru/persons/333252-kulibaev-timur/?clear_cache=Y |archive-date=2024-05-17 }}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Кулибаев Тимур Аскарович ▷ биография, фото, должность |url=https://kapital.kz/dossier/kulibaev-timur |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517071604/https://kapital.kz/dossier/kulibaev-timur |archive-date=2024-05-17 }}</ref>
In 2010, he took the position of Chairman of the Presidium of the National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan "Atameken Union".<ref name=":5" />
From 2010 to 2015, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.<ref name=":8" />
In 2012, he took the positions of Vice President and member of the Executive Committee of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-01 |title=Тимур Кулибаев переизбран в должности вице-президента АИБА по APB |url=https://www.zakon.kz/4667873-timur-kulibaev-pereizbran-v-dolzhnosti.html |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133836/https://www.zakon.kz/4667873-timur-kulibaev-pereizbran-v-dolzhnosti.html |archive-date=2018-02-01 }}</ref>
From 2012 to 2016, he held the position of Chairman of the Association of Legal Entities in the Confederation of Combat and Power Sports, which included the republic's federations of boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, and judo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-01 |title=В Казахстане создана «Конфедерация спортивных единоборств и силовых видов спорта» во главе с Т.Кулибаевым |url=http://www.inform.kz/ru/v-kazahstane-sozdana-konfederaciya-sportivnyh-edinoborstv-i-silovyh-vidov-sporta-vo-glave-s-t-kulibaevym_a2511768 |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201135250/http://www.inform.kz/ru/v-kazahstane-sozdana-konfederaciya-sportivnyh-edinoborstv-i-silovyh-vidov-sporta-vo-glave-s-t-kulibaevym_a2511768 |archive-date=2018-02-01 }}</ref>
In 2013, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan was established by decision of the government of Kazakhstan and Atameken Union. Timur Kulibayev was elected Chairman of the Presidium of the Chamber. He held this position until January 17, 2022.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-01 |title=Председателем президиума НПП избран Тимур Кулибаев — Forbes Kazakhstan |url=https://forbes.kz/process/appointments/predsedatel_prezidiuma_npp_izbran_timur_kulibaev/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075436/https://forbes.kz/process/appointments/predsedatel_prezidiuma_npp_izbran_timur_kulibaev/ |archive-date=2018-02-01 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-01 |title=Кулибаев возглавил президиум Национальной палаты предпринимателей - новости Казахстана {{!}} Tengrinews |url=https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/kulibaev-vozglavil-prezidium-natsionalnoy-palatyi-241353/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075821/https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/kulibaev-vozglavil-prezidium-natsionalnoy-palatyi-241353/ |archive-date=2018-02-01 }}</ref> During this period, he supervised the implementation of the Chamber's projects, regularly traveled around the country, visited enterprises, and communicated with entrepreneurs and representatives of various government bodies.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Кулибаев Тимур — биография и карьера казахстанского бизнесмена и мецената - Свободная Пресса |url=https://svpressa.ru/persons/timur-kulibaev/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=svpressa.ru |language=ru}}</ref> ''' '''
From 2015 to 2024, he was the President of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan Public Association.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=НОК РК будет получать госзадание на подготовку сборных |url=https://www.inform.kz/ru/nok-rk-budet-poluchat-goszadanie-na-podgotovku-sbornyh_a3021271 |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517071602/https://www.inform.kz/amp/nok-rk-budet-poluchat-goszadanie-na-podgotovku-sbornyh_a3021271 |archive-date=2024-05-17 }}</ref>
From 2016 to 2019, he headed the Swimming Sports Federation of Kazakhstan.<ref name=":9" />
In 2016, he assumed the position of Vice President and member of the Executive Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA, Olympic Council of Asia).<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Кулибаев Тимур Аскарович |url=https://olympic.kz/ru/page/44-kulibaev-timur-askarovich |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517071603/https://olympic.kz/ru/page/44-kulibaev-timur-askarovich |archive-date=2024-05-17 }}</ref>
From 2017 to 2019, he was a member of the Public Affairs and Social Development Through Sport Commission (PASD) of the International Olympic Committee. It was transformed into the IOC Olympism 365 Commission,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-31 |title=Тимур Кулибаев вошел в Комиссию Международного олимпийского комитета — Новости Казахстана и Мира на деловом портале Kapital.kz |url=https://kapital.kz/naznacheniya/78300/timur-kulibaev-voshel-v-komissiyu-mezhdunarodnogo-olimpijskogo-komiteta.html |access-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531090658/https://kapital.kz/naznacheniya/78300/timur-kulibaev-voshel-v-komissiyu-mezhdunarodnogo-olimpijskogo-komiteta.html |archive-date=2019-05-31 }}</ref> which Kulibayev joined in September 2022.<ref name=":4" />
From 2018 to 2023, he was a member of the Presidium of the Kazakhstan Golf Federation.<ref name=":9" />
In 2018, he joined the Executive Committee of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).<ref name=":9" />
== Personal life == Kulibayev is married to Dinara Nursultanovna (''née'' Nazarbayeva), daughter of Kazakhstan's long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-12-21/how-east-europe-s-billionaires-rose-from-the-fall-of-communism | title =The Rise of the East European Billionaires | last1 =Penz | first1 =Balazs | last2 =Fedorinova | first2 =Yuliya | last3 =Sazonov | first3 =Alexander | date =2019-12-21 | publisher =Bloomberg | access-date =2024-01-25}}</ref><ref name=":02"/><ref name=":1" /> She and Kulibayev have three children.<ref name="IEIEPR">{{cite web|url=http://www.samruk-kazyna.kz/page.php?page_id=2749&lang=3&parent_id=2731|title=Samruk-Kazyna official web site|publisher=Samruk-kazyna.kz|accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref> He owns a vast real estate portfolio, including a mansion in the United Kingdom, castles in Switzerland and Germany, and a Spanish estate.<ref name=":14" /> In 2025, Kulibayev was reported to own eight properties in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=Uncovering a Kazakh oligarch's Spanish idyll |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/caspian-cabals/uncovering-a-kazakh-oligarchs-spanish-idyll/ |website=ICIJ |language=en-US}}</ref>
Kulibayev has two sons from an extramarital affair with Goga Ashkenazi.<ref name="standard2010">{{cite news|last1=Slater|first1=Lydia|title=High flyer – Goga Ashkenazi takes over the world|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/high-flyer-goga-ashkenazi-takes-over-the-world-6476649.html|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=London Evening Standard|date=3 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="ft2013">{{cite news|last1=Kuper|first1=Simon|title=Lunch with the FT: Goga Ashkenazi|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/b011a812-d8da-11e2-84fa-00144feab7de.html|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=Financial Times|date=21 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="nymag">{{cite news|last1=Konigsberg|first1=Eric|title=Goga Ashkenazi: Fashion's First Female Oligarch|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/02/goga-ashkenazi-vionnet.html|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=New York|date=11 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="times2013">{{cite news|last1=Slater|first1=Lydia|title=Goga Ashkenazi: not your average oligarch|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/goga-ashkenazi-not-your-average-oligarch-93gjplxmqcb|access-date=3 October 2015|work=The Times|date=6 April 2013}}</ref>
In 2007, Kulibayev (with the help of Kazakhstani investor Kenes Rakishev) became the owner of Sunninghill Park, a country house formerly belonging to Mr Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, after Sarah Ferguson and their daughters left the property in 2006. Kulibayev paid $19.7{{nbsp}}million for the house, $4{{nbsp}}million over the asking price, even though there were no other bids.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grimston |first1=Jack |last2=Foggo |first2=Daniel |title=Prince Andrew's secret Kazakh link |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/prince-andrews-secret-kazakh-link-9r3z3t6npw7 |website=The Sunday Times |access-date=20 July 2022 |date=14 February 2010}}</ref> In 2016 it was demolished and a 14-bedroom mansion was built in its place.<ref>Coughlin, Daniel (January 30, 2020). [https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/did-you-know/the-crumbling-abandoned-mansions-of-the-rich-and-famous/ss-BBZusv1?li=BBnb7Kz#image=25 The Crumbling Abandoned Mansions of the Rich and Famous: Prince Andrew and Fergie's Dallas Palace (slide #25)]. lovemoney.com website. Retrieved June 18, 2020.</ref>
Kulibayev's sporting hobbies include golf, skiing, and soccer.<ref name=golf>[http://www.golfkz.kz/archive/iaugust2005 Тимур Кулибаев: Гольф - идеальная игра!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912185906/http://www.golfkz.kz/archive/iaugust2005 |date=2007-09-12 }}, Golf.kz {{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Досье: Тимур Аскарович Кулибаев |url=https://inbusiness.kz/ru/appointment/dose-timur-askarovich-kulibaev |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=inbusiness.kz |language=ru}}</ref>
He speaks Kazakh, Russian, and English.<ref name=":12" />
=== Awards === *Order of Kurmet (Honor) (2001)<ref name=":11" /> * Jubilee medal "10th Anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2005)<ref name=":11" /> * Order of Friendship (Russia, December 20, 2007) — for his great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation in the development of the fuel and energy complex of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan<ref>Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 декабря 2007 года № 1716 «О награждении орденом Дружбы Кулибаева Т. А.»</ref> * Jubilee medal "10th Anniversary of Astana" (2008)<ref name=":11" /> * Order of Barys (Leopard), III Degree (2009)<ref name=":11" /> * Order of Al-Fakhr (Honor) of the Council of Muftis of Russia (2010)<ref name=":11" /> * Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow of the Russian Orthodox Church, II Degree (ROC, 2010)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-22 |title=В Астане Патриарх Кирилл вручил награды ряду официальных лиц за содействие строительству Успенского кафедрального собора |url=http://www.inform.kz/ru/v-astane-patriarh-kirill-vruchil-nagrady-ryadu-oficial-nyh-lic-za-sodeystvie-stroitel-stvu-uspenskogo-kafedral-nogo-sobora_a2228064 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222170646/http://www.inform.kz/ru/v-astane-patriarh-kirill-vruchil-nagrady-ryadu-oficial-nyh-lic-za-sodeystvie-stroitel-stvu-uspenskogo-kafedral-nogo-sobora_a2228064 |archive-date=2018-02-22 |access-date=2024-08-13}}</ref> * Jubilee medal "20th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2011)<ref name=":11" /> * Badge "Honorary Railwayman" of the CIS (2011)<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /> * Order of Barys (Leopard) I Degree (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-22 |title=Тимур Кулибаев и Касым-Жомарт Токаев удостоены госнаград ко Дню независимости РК - новости Казахстана {{!}} Tengrinews |url=https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/timur-kulibaev-kasyim-jomart-tokaev-udostoenyi-gosnagrad-ko-266848/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222225500/https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/timur-kulibaev-kasyim-jomart-tokaev-udostoenyi-gosnagrad-ko-266848/ |archive-date=2018-02-22 |access-date=2024-08-13}}</ref> * Jubilee medal "25th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2016)<ref name=":11" /> * Badge "Honored Worker of the Oil and Gas Industry" (2020)<ref name=":10" /> * Order of Otan (Fatherland) (2021)<ref name=":11" /> * Order of Enbek Ushin (For Labors) of the Head of the Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan (2021)<ref name=":10" />
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