Only two Georgians are listed on the Forbes Billionaires list as of 2021. One of them is the former prime minister of the country – Mr. Ivanishvili is the 600th with a net worth of $4.8 billion. The other Georgian who made it to the list this year is Mikheil Lomtadze – self-made billionaire.
A 45 years old Entrepreneur and CEO with a net worth of $3.8 billion is in 804th position in the billionaires’ list as of April 2021. Mikheil Lomtadze is the CEO and co-owner of the fintech company Kaspi in Kazakhstan.
Kaspi is the largest payments and fintech company in Kazakhstan with over 7 million monthly users. In October 2020 the group listed on the London Stock Exchange with a $6.5 billion valuation.
Mikheil Lomtadze, a Georgian citizen has MBA from Harvard Business School and lives in Almaty, Kazakhstan. PwC named him the best CEO of the year in Kazakhstan for the third consecutive time.