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'''Vladimir Sergeyevich Kim''' ({{lang-ru|Владимир Серге́евич Ким}}; born 29 October 1960) is a [[Kazakhstan]] businessman and billionaire.<ref name="forbes">[http://www.forbes.com/profile/vladimir-kim/ Forbes profile]</ref><ref name="business">[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=26200410&ticker=KZMYF:US BusinessWeek profile]</ref><ref name="telegraph">Richard Orange, 'Vladimir Kim reverses plans to sell more of Kazakhmys stake', in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 15 Feb 2011 [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/8324056/Vladimir-Kim-reverses-plans-to-sell-more-of-Kazakhmys-stake.html]</ref><ref name="company">[http://www.kazakhmys.com/en/about_us/senior_management Kazakhmys biography]</ref>

==Biography==
Vladimir Kim was born in 1960. He is of Korean ethnicity:<ref name="forbes"/> his family, among other Koreans and among many other ethnic minorities within the [[USSR]], had been forcibly relocated to Kazakhstan, during the [[Stalin]]ist era. He graduated from Alma-Ata Architectural Institute in 1982, it was transformed into [[Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering]] (KAZGASA) in 1992. He holds an [[MBA]] degree and received his [[PhD]] in business and administrative management in United States in 1998<ref name="business"/><ref name="Vladimir Kim Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.biografia.kz/promyishlennost/kim-vladimir.html|title=Ким Владимир Сергеевич|publisher=Biografia.kz|accessdate=2015-04-13}}</ref>

In 1995, Kim was appointed managing director and chief executive officer of Zhezkazgantsvetmet JSC, [[Kazakhmys]]’ core subsidiary at the time; he was elected chairman of the board of directors of Zhezkazgantsvetmet in 2000, and Chairman of [[Kazakhmys]] PLC upon its listing on the [[London Stock Exchange]] in October 2005. Vladimir Kim stepped down as Chairman of Kazakhmys PLC in May 2013 to become a non-executive director.<ref name="business"/><ref name="LSE Vladimir Kim steps down as Chairman">{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:c8ztByrimooJ:m.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/mobile/news/detail/11502952.html+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk|title=Kazakhmys Announces Changes to the Board of Directors|publisher=London Stock Exchange|accessdate=2015-04-13}}</ref><ref name="II Vladimir Kim steps down as Chairman">{{cite web|url=http://www.iii.co.uk/research/LSE:KAZ/news/item/643338|title=Kazakhmys Announces Changes to the Board of Directors|publisher=Interactive Investor|accessdate=2015-04-13}}</ref> Following the completion of the Group restructuring in 2014,<ref name="ReutersProposedRestructuring">{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/KAZ.L/key-developments/article/3034586|title=Kazakhmys PLC announces proposed group restructuring|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=2015-04-13}}</ref> Mr Kim remained a Non-executive Director and a major shareholder in KAZ Minerals PLC.<ref name="Londonstockexchange">{{cite web|url=http://m.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/mobile/news/detail/12135519.html|title=Kazakhmys announces completion of restructuring|publisher=London Stock Exchange|accessdate=2014-12-12}}</ref><ref name="BloombergKazakhmys">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-31/kazakhmys-completes-restructuring-changes-name-to-kaz-minerals.html|title=Kazakhmys Completes Restructuring, Changes Name to KAZ Minerals|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=2014-12-12}}</ref><ref name="ReutersUk">{{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/10/31/uk-kazakhstan-copper-idUKKBN0IK0ZN20141031|title=Copper miner Kazakhmys restructuring over, now called Kaz Minerals|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=2014-12-12}}</ref>

[[KAZ Minerals]] PLC is a mining company quoted on the [[London Stock Exchange]], [[Hong Kong Stock Exchange]] and [[Kazakhstan Stock Exchange]].

He holds approximately 33% of KAZ Minerals.<ref name="Shareholders information KAZ Minerals">{{cite web|url=http://tools.morningstar.co.uk/uk/stockreport/default.aspx?tab=5&vw=own&SecurityToken=0P00007OIV%5d3%5d0%5dE0WWE%24%24ALL&Id=0P00007OIV&ClientFund=0&CurrencyId=BAS|title=KAZ Minerals Shareholders Information on Morningstar|publisher=Morningstar|accessdate=2015-04-13}}</ref>

According to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine, as of March 2011, he is the richest person in Kazakhstan, and the 223rd richest in the world, with an estimated wealth of US$4.7 billion.<ref name="forbes"/> He is married, and has three children.<ref name="forbes"/> He resides in [[Almaty, Kazakhstan]].<ref name="forbes"/>

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