Vyacheslav Kim

In 1996, Kim graduated from the Republican Physics and Mathematics School. He graduated from the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University with a degree in Financial Economics in 1998 and from the Russian-Kazakh Modern Humanitarian University with a degree in Finance in 2002.

1987–1989: Vyacheslav Kim completed his military service in the USSR Armed Forces.

1990: Kim co-founded Konovalov's Ophthalmology Clinic in partnership with his colleague.

1996–2004 – He engaged in retail business and electronic equipment distribution through companies such as ALTAIR JSC, Asia Technics LLP, and ATG LLP.

1993–2005 – Kim was one of the founders and owners of the country’s largest retail chain, Planet of Electronics Network of Stores.

2003–2004 – He served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Kazakhstan Association of Manufacturers and Equipment.

2004–2005 – Kim held the position of President at Asia Technics Group JSC.

2004–2006 – He was an adviser to the Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2005–2006 – Kim was the Managing Director of Economics at Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC.

Since 2002, Vyacheslav Kim has been at the top of the list of the richest people in Kazakhstan being annually published by Forbes Kazakhstan. He moved up from No. 24 position in 2012 to No. 2 position in 2021, with the wealth estimated at $4.2 billion. In 2021, he took the number 5 spot among the most influential businessmen of Kazakhstan and entered the global list of billionaires, rated 925th

Charity

2010–2014 – sponsored the Ayala Charitable Foundation in the «Breathe, Baby» Project.

A member of the Board of Trustees of the Mercy Voluntary Society since 2016. In March 2017, Vyacheslav Kim together with Mikheil Lomtadze donated an extensively repaired building with an area of 1,400 square meters to the «We will Win Autism» Project

One of the trustees and partners of the Saby Charitable Foundation in the «Build Your Business» Project since 2013

In 2020, Kaspi.kz founders Vyacheslav Kim and Mikheil Lomtadze actively participated in the fight against the coronavirus pandemicproviding financial support to the health care sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan, allocating 100 million tenge for the purchase of rapid tests and artificial ventilators and donated 100 ambulances to the State to fight the pandemic.

In January 2022, founders of Kaspi.kz Vyacheslav Kim and Mikheil Lomtadze allocated 579 million tenge to support small business entities that had suffered during riots in Almaty. They transferred 10 billion tenge to the Fund "For the People of Kazakhstan" involved in solving the issues associated with healthcare, education, social support, as well as culture and sports.