Dinara Kulibaeva

Dinara Nursultanqyzy Nazarbayeva (Kazakh: Dinara Nūrsūltаnqyzy Nаzаrbаеvа; born 19 August 1968)^[1] is a Kazakh billionaire heiress, businesswoman and the middle daughter of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. She is married to Timur Kulibayev, a Kazakh oligarch.^[2]

Dinara Kulibaeva
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kazakh-British Technical University
Incumbent
Assumed office since 2004
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister	See list Daniyal Akhmetov Karim Massimov Serik Akhmetov Karim Massimov Bakhytzhan Sagintayev Asqar Mamin Älihan Smaiylov Oljas Bektenov
Member of the Board of Directors of Kazakh Ablai Khan University
Incumbent
Assumed office since 2001
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister	See list Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Imangali Tasmagambetov Daniyal Akhmetov Karim Massimov Serik Akhmetov Karim Massimov Bakhytzhan Sagintayev Asqar Mamin Älihan Smaiylov Oljas Bektenov
Director of Nursultan Nazarbayev Education Fund (NNEF)
Incumbent
Assumed office since 1998
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister	See list Nurlan Balgimbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Imangali Tasmagambetov Daniyal Akhmetov Karim Massimov Serik Akhmetov Karim Massimov Bakhytzhan Sagintayev Asqar Mamin Älihan Smaiylov Oljas Bektenov
Head of Bobek Foundation
In office 1996–1998
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Akejan Kajegeldin Nurlan Balgimbayev
Personal details
Born	Dinara Nazarbayeva (1968-08-19) August 19, 1968 (age 56) Temirtau, Kazakhstan
Spouse	Timur Kulibayev ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	Altay (b. 1990) Deniza (b. 2005) Alicia (b. 2010)
Parents	Nursultan Nazarbayev (father) Sara Nazarbayeva (mother)
Education	Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (1989) KIMEP (1998) University of Canterbury
Occupation	Economist

She is the second richest person in Kazakhstan, with a fortune estimated to be around $3.8 billion.^[3] During the 2022 Kazakh protests, she lost $200 million in fortune according to Forbes.^[4]

Biography

Nazarbayeva was born in Temirtau, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union.^[1] Comes from the Shaprashta clan of the Senior Zhuz.

In 1989, she graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts.

In 1998, she received her MBA from KIMEP University.

In 2007, she defended her doctoral dissertation on "Methodological foundations of the management of the educational system of international schools."

In 2009, she heads the National Education Fund named after Nursultan Nazarbayev.^[5]

Personal life

She married Timur Kulibayev^[2] in 1990 and the couple have four children.^[6] Her husband is a prominent businessman in Kazakhstan, being the third-richest man in Kazakhstan and the 973rd-richest in the world.^[7]

Awards and honors

• Order of the Leopard, 3rd class (Kazakhstan)
• Order of Parasat (Kazakhstan)^[8]
• Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (France)
• Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2017)